Abstract: As an attribute of human beings,motivation acts as the primary driving force for the generation of the world of being and meaning;as a linguistic principle,motivation ensures the necessary mechanism of the combination of the signifier and the signified.The fact that language motivation exists is its ontological commitment in philosophical foundation;the truth that language motivation can be verified is its methodological basis.In this sense,the study of language motivation is worthwhile in that as an assumptive instrument and it could help us perceive some aspects of language mystery that is often empirically bound by the history of human beings.
李二占. 语言理据性的哲学思考与经验观察[J]. 南昌大学学报(人文社会科学版), 2008, 39(01): 152-155.
LI Er-zhan. An Analysis of Language Motivation from the Philosophical and Empirical Perspective. , 2008, 39(01): 152-155.