On the basis of the re-definition of linguistics and the statement of early 1800 s as the hall-mark of history of western linguistics, this paper presents a stand-point that western linguistics is in-clined to have developed towards science. It is held that three scientific paradigms work in ( the history of) western linguistics, namely"scientific" linguistics, linguistic science, and scientism. And also shifts in sequence are detected in these three paradigms. It is suggested that, in general, the paradigm of"sci-entific" linguistics activated in the historical and comparative linguistics, the paradigm of linguistic sci-ence marked the main-stream of the structural linguistics, and the paradigm of scientism is a dogma in the generative grammar.%基于西方学界关于语言学的重新定义和以19世纪初期为西方语言学学科历史起点的断言,西方语言学发展表现出渐趋明显的科学倾向,这一倾向可解释为科学范式. 西方语言学(史)中存在三种科学范式:"'科学(的)'语言学"、"语言科学"以及"语言学中的科学主义",代表了西方语言学由于所及问题和研究途径的不同而形成的学术流派. 三种科学范式由前向后发生过范式转换,基本上是沿着语言学发展的整体脉络与演进路径序次发生的,即"'科学(的)'语言学"范式支配历史比较语言学的发展,"语言科学"范式贯穿结构语言学的演进历程,而"语言学中的科学主义"则凸显于生成语法.
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