第71节
【】departed.”thedifference betereesayitbeautifullyandothersdo not,andtheyorebeautifullythanotherssurvive. thelyriakesitpossibleforustardliteratureasa refleanssoul,andtardanationsliteratureastherefleans spiritinthatnation.foriflifeybeparedtecity,ansay beregardedasthehecity.inreadinga nshisgarretainaviewof lifeastheountainpeaksliningthehorizon, andthealleye,butthatgarretviewof thecityisindividualistidpeculiarlyhisoionsliteraturewe arethereforebuttryingtogetagliseoflifeasthebestndsofthatnatio andastheyexpressitthroughtheiroediu iinguageandthought theaediuortheeselanguage,haslargely deterhepeentofeseliterature.byparisonhthe europeanlanguagesitispossibletotrahofthepeculiaritiesofese thoughtandliteratureareduesilytotheirpossessionofasocallednosyllabic language.thefactthattheesespokeinsyllableslikegyg>gwas appallinginnsequeerheterofthe eseing,andtheteroftheeseingbroughtaboutthentinuity oftheliteraryheritageandthereforeeveninflueheisfese thought.itentofaliterarylanguagequite distinadeleaingdifficultand eddirectly iofuliaritiesofeseliterarystyle. everynationhasdevelopedaostsuitabletoitslanguage.europedidnot developaingonpictorialprinausethephoitureof indogernicparativeprofusionofnsonantsand infinitelyvariablebinations,requiredananalyticalphabet,ahe representationofthese ofideographsuldbeusedalone,andithecaseofese, hepictorialprinciplebythephoiciplebeforeit uldhaveanyiortantdevelopnt.theseelentarypictographshenused inbinationspurelyfortheirphoicvalue,andactuallyhsoftheover fortythousandtersinesediariesarebuiltontheprincipleofphoic bination,haboutthirteenhundredideographsasphois.ha nosyllabiguage,suchastheese,fourhundred syllabiationsnotuntioneslikeg9g,g,thisuld suffice.butaniguagetheiionofanebolfor everynebinationlikeschladkraftingernor shed,scraped,splashandscalpelinenglishpossible task.theeselanguagefailedtodevelopaphoiriptintheesense bebolsuldsuffice.hadtheese beed.ngalanguageanschladkraftorthe englishshedandscalpel,theyy,ieda phoiriptlongago. theperfectadjustonosyllabiguageaen tersbeeasilydeplain.thelanguageisterizedbyagreatsity ofsyllabisandnsequentlyagreatnuerofhonyorhe sasound.thesoundpaooveradozenthings:”apaarry ”ach,””abubble,”ettorialprincipleitedin applicationtohingsoras,andplicated,theinalspurelyphoicvalueand ”borroesound.happehenhat thereoreorlessfixedinthe handynasty,berofsuch”bdifferent things.yforcedtheesetoaddasigncalled”radical”toindicatethe classofideashisparticulareoreferto. theuseofphoicsyolstooexadhencehefollowing odeese,alltenh theinal”package”signgj,butealasssignorradical,as thuspaoplusa”hand”radieanstorun,plus ”eansagoeansach,plus”er” ansabubble,plus”fire”ansfirekers,plusa”fish”ansthenaofafish, plus”flesh”anstheb,plus”stone”ansaouth”ansto roar,plus”grass”ansafloeanshail,plusa”knife”ansto sofhony. butsupposetheprobleny,supposetheeselanguagehad heenglishsratalpel,orsupposetheenglishpeople startedouthabasitureforscap,theyed equallybyytodistinguishbethesoundsape,orbetween srape,orbetd theresultuldnothavebeenanythingexceptanalphabethsignstodenotes,r, edt},p,.hadtheesedohistheytoo,and nsequentlyhavehadareeracy. given,therefore,thenosyllabiteroftheeselanguage,itost iablethatpiharactersalonehasprofoundlyged theterandpositionofleaingina.bytheirverynaturetheese tersare ...