Scott-Phillips Thomas C
Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, UK.
Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Dawson Building, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2017 Feb;24(1):186-189. doi: 10.3758/s13423-016-1061-2.
Pragmatics has historically played a relatively peripheral role in language evolution research. This is a profound mistake. Here I describe how a pragmatic perspective can inform language evolution in the most fundamental way: by making clear what the natural objects of study are, and hence what the aims of the field should be.
从历史角度来看,语用学在语言进化研究中一直扮演着相对边缘的角色。这是一个严重的错误。在此,我将描述语用学视角如何能以最根本的方式为语言进化研究提供信息:通过明确研究的自然对象是什么,进而明确该领域的目标应该是什么。