如何处理意义组合性面对的诸多问题,这是当代语言哲学和分析哲学面临的重要难题之一。组合性的反对者,如派拉提、瑞卡纳蒂、特拉维斯等人意见一致地公开指责和批评意义组合性。而组合性的支持者,如乔姆斯基、福多、戴维森等人则为之进行强有力的辩护。文章在回顾和重构这一论争的基础上,反思意义组合性的实质并说明它在诠释自然语言中的重要作用。
One of the central puzzledom in the current philosophy of diate many problems of meaning compositionality. The opponents of language and analytic philosophy is how to me- meaning compositionality, such as Pelletier, Re- canati,Travis and others publicly condemn and criticize meaning compositionality. Nevertheless the supporters of meaning compositionality, such as Chomsky, Fodor, Davidson and others give strong defense of meaning composition- ality. This paper reviews and rebuilds the controversy, then reflects on the nature of meaning compositionality and explains its important role in the interpretation of natural language.