语言逻辑PI【LanguageandLogic.pptVIP

Language and Logic: Introduction;What is language? A purely human and non-instinctive非本能的 method of communicating ideas, emotions and desires by means of借助于 voluntarily自发的 produced symbols. ----Sapir;What is language? The institution whereby机构 humans communicate and interact相互影响 with each other by means of habitually习惯地 used oral-auditory口头听觉 arbitrary任意的 symbols. ----Hall;What is language? A set (finite有限的 or infinite) of sentences, each finite in length and constructed out of a fin