耶鲁大学心理学导论(第六课).docVIP

心理学导论第六课 今天我们要讲的是语言This class today is about language. 很大程度上来说 语言就是行为And language is, to a large extent, where the action is. 人类语言的研究The study of human language 是各种人性理论的重要领域has been the battleground over different theories of human nature. 因此 无论是哲学家 心理学家So, every philosopher or psychologist 人类学家 还是神经系统学家or humanist or neuroscientist 只要他们曾经研究过人类who has ever thought about people 便会就语言的特性及其功能提出某些理论has had to make some claim about the nature of language and how it works. 我所说的这些学者包括了I’m including here people like 亚里士多德 柏拉图 休莫Aristotle and Plato, Hume, 洛克 弗洛依德以及斯金纳Locke, Freud and Skinner.