一、历史的遗产人类社会中出现语言以及孩子咿呀学语,这些现象促使人们对自古代到前当代二种经常具有密切联系的主题进行语言学的深思。对此埃罗杜德(Hérodote)书中叙述的有关萨梅蒂格国王(roi Psamétique)奇闻轶事具有双重意义。首先,这一故事假设,就个人而言,整个人类发展到某一时期所显示出的某 I. Historical Legacy The emergence of language in the human society and babbling of children have prompted linguistic contemplation on two often intimate themes from ancient to modern times. The anecdotal anecdote about the roi Psamétique described in Hérodote’s book has a double meaning. First of all, this story assumes that, on an individual basis, the entire human development to a certain period of time shows some