A Study On The Textbooks Of Introduction To Chinese Linguistics In The 1920s And 1930s

The 1910s is the beginning of general linguistics in China.In the decade of the 20th century,Hu Yilu’s Guoyuxue Caochuang and Li Jinxi’s Guoyuxue Jiangyi were two pioneer works of general linguistics theory.Thereafter,mainly including Yuyanxue Dayi by Yue Sibing,Yanyuxue Tonglun by Wang Gulu,Yanyuxue Gailun by Shen Buzhou,Yuyanxue Yuanli and Yuyanxue Gailun by Zhang Shilu.The research on the history of Chinese linguistics is relatively mature in the domestic linguistic circle,but the attention paid to the history of Chinese General Linguistics and the history of linguistics textbooks is not enough.Based on a systematic introduction of the five textbooks,this paper discusses their theoretical sources and their unique theoretical prototypes,so as to explore the development of the textbooks of introduction to linguistics at the beginning of Chinese general linguistics.This paper consists of five parts.The first chapter describes the reason and significance of the topic selection and the research status in China.The second chapter discusses the definition,causes and formation process of the textbook of introduction to Chinese linguistics.The third chapter and the fourth chapter systematically introduces the seven textbooks of introduction to linguistics around the 1930s from two aspects of content and characteristics.The fifth chapter discusses the common theoretical archetypes of the seven textbooks,mainly including Saussure’s structuralism theory,historical comparative linguistics theory,the hypothesis of language origin and other common theoretical archetypes.At the same time,it also explores its unique theoretical prototype,including the organic and inorganic language,children’s language acquisition and language development Yes.The sixth chapter briefly describes the contribution of this study to the study of the history of linguistics.The seventh chapter is the conclusion of this paper.