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一门语法,是对语言这个意义潜势系统进行多层次、多功能的描摹,为讨论人类在语言方面的无尽创造力提供了一个有效而实用的框架。语言的创新性源于生成意义的资源,该资源在各个语言层面运作。无论是语言艺术、语言游戏抑或修辞手段,语法都不可能对语言的创造性进行全面预测。正如对诗人Edwin Thumboo的《一个诗人在朗诵》一诗作出的语言学解读所示,一首诗歌的意义,是由它所有可能的解读来界定,这种解读可以来自作诗的诗人,也可以来自读者。《一个诗人在朗诵》既展示了语言的创造性,也喻示了我们将经验转换为意义的无限创造力的神圣①。“,”A grammar,in the sense of a multi-stratal,functionally diverse model of language as system of meaning potential,provides a useful and practical framework for coming to terms with our capacity for ceaseless creativity in language.No matter whether verbal art,language play or rhetorical strategy,what amounts to creativity in language is made possible by the meaning-making resources operating on all linguistic strata.As illustrated by the linguist＇s reading of Edwin Thumboo＇s ＂A poet reading＂,the meaning of a poem is bounded only by possible readings,not just for the one who crafts it,but also for others who read it.＂A poet reading＂ not only exemplifies creativity in language,it is also a metaphorical statement on our unbounded ability to creatively transform the human experience into meaning.