没有人否认语言和思维是有联系的。然而它们是怎样发生联系的、其联系密切到何种程度?关于两者间联系之紧密的最为极端的说法是由一个现在巳过时了的心理学派所提出的:思维仅仅是以没有言明的、未出声的方式对某人的谈话。与之相对立的观点是在一个世纪以前由惠特尼(W.D.whitney)提出:的:“语言是口说的工具,通过语言思想得以交流,仅此而已”——思想是在其自己的领域内产生的,然后由语言系 No one denies that language and thinking are linked. But how do they relate to each other and to what extent are they close? The most radical statement about the connection between the two is made by a now-out-of-date psychology: thinking is merely rhetorical, Unobstructed way to talk to someone. The opposing view was raised more than a century ago by WD Whitney: “Language is the means of speaking, communicating through linguistic thought, and that’s all” - thinking is in its own sphere Produced inside, then by the language department