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Generic sentences在日常生活中普遍使用,引起国内外哲学家、逻辑学家、语言学家的广泛关注与研究。目前,学界对Generic sentences理解不同,在国内出现了五种译名。根据现有研究成果,从Generic sentences的特点、含义出发,本文提出Generic sentences是描述某类事物某种区别性特征的命题,宜译为“概称句”。研究结果有助于对Generic sentences特点的认识,深化Generic sentences的相关研究,也有益于探讨译名原则。
Generic sentences are commonly used in daily life, causing widespread concern and research by philosophers, logicians and linguists at home and abroad. At present, the academic community has different understanding of Generic sentences, and five translations have appeared in China. According to the existing research results, starting from the characteristics and meanings of Generic sentences, this paper proposes that Generic sentences are propositions for describing some distinctive features of certain kinds of things and should be translated as “Probative Sentences ”. The findings help to understand the characteristics of Generic sentences, deepen the related research of Generic sentences, and also help to explore the principle of translation.