我想无须在此追溯词义这一概念的历史。最晚自斐迪南·德·索绪尔,词义业已成为当代理论中一个重要概念。令我惊奇的是:本渊源于西方传统的这一新词,它的近义词竟会是黑人民间传说中的一沿用已近两百年的语词。巧言示意猴的传说源自奴隶制时代,十九世纪以来,已记录了成百上千的传说故事。黑人音乐家杰兹·吉伦、夸特·贝西、奥斯卡·彼得逊、小奥斯卡· I do not think I need to trace the history of the concept of meaning here. At the latest since Ferdinand de Saussure, the word meaning industry has become an important concept in contemporary theory. To my surprise, this new term rooted in the Western tradition has its synonyms used to be one of the black folk lexicons that have been used for nearly two centuries. Hypocritical Monkey legend originated in the era of slavery, since the nineteenth century, has recorded hundreds of legends. Black musician Jesse Gillen, Quaid Bessie, Oscar Peterson, Little Oscars