出版者前言
　　中國(guó)當(dāng)代語(yǔ)言學(xué)叢書(shū)是上海教育出版社的重點(diǎn)出版項(xiàng)目之一。本叢書(shū)于1990年春由游汝杰(復(fù)旦大學(xué))、張洪明(美國(guó)威斯康辛大學(xué)麥迪遜校區(qū))和唐發(fā)鐃(本社)策劃，并開(kāi)始組稿和編輯工作。當(dāng)初擬定的叢書(shū)編輯宗旨如下：中國(guó)語(yǔ)言學(xué)在20世紀(jì)二三十年代開(kāi)始擺脫傳統(tǒng)小學(xué)的樊籬，進(jìn)入現(xiàn)代語(yǔ)言學(xué)的新階段。半個(gè)多世紀(jì)以來(lái)，中國(guó)語(yǔ)言學(xué)已經(jīng)積累了可觀(guān)的研究成果，特別是最近十多年來(lái)，許多領(lǐng)域在海內(nèi)外又有了長(zhǎng)足的發(fā)展。這套叢書(shū)希望總結(jié)中國(guó)當(dāng)代語(yǔ)言學(xué)各個(gè)分支學(xué)科領(lǐng)域的研究成果，特別是反映最新的研究進(jìn)展，以期收到承前啟后、繼往開(kāi)來(lái)的效果，促進(jìn)中國(guó)語(yǔ)言學(xué)的現(xiàn)代化。叢書(shū)作者則不限國(guó)別地域，不限門(mén)戶(hù)學(xué)派，唯求高明獨(dú)到，力爭(zhēng)每一本書(shū)都能達(dá)到當(dāng)代該學(xué)科的最高水平。
　　1992年6月組稿者將叢書(shū)的編輯宗旨、計(jì)劃和撰稿人名單告知當(dāng)時(shí)在美國(guó)訪(fǎng)問(wèn)的朱德熙先生，請(qǐng)他為本叢書(shū)撰寫(xiě)總序。朱先生十分贊賞叢書(shū)的編輯宗旨，并且認(rèn)為撰稿者也都是一時(shí)之選，欣然答允為序。孰料朱先生病情日益加劇，天不假年，未及提筆就不幸逝世。叢書(shū)的總序也因此暫付闕如。
　　從2000年開(kāi)始，劉丹青(中國(guó)社會(huì)科學(xué)院語(yǔ)言研究所)、張榮(本社)也參加了叢書(shū)的編輯工作，編委會(huì)工作由游汝杰主持，編輯和出版的方針也有所調(diào)整。本叢書(shū)原擬五年內(nèi)出齊，結(jié)果未能如愿，因?yàn)橛械淖髡呙τ谄渌�工作，未能按�?jì)劃完成書(shū)稿；有的作者雖然已經(jīng)完成書(shū)稿，但是希望有時(shí)間反復(fù)修改，使之完善，而不想匆匆交稿�？紤]到學(xué)術(shù)研究需要艱苦的勞動(dòng)和大量的時(shí)間，限定出版時(shí)間，不利保證書(shū)稿質(zhì)量。又考慮到學(xué)術(shù)研究的特點(diǎn)是學(xué)無(wú)止境、與時(shí)俱進(jìn)、推陳出新，叢書(shū)的出版工作也應(yīng)該是冊(cè)數(shù)開(kāi)放、不設(shè)時(shí)限、常出常新�；�于上述認(rèn)識(shí)，我們將不設(shè)本叢書(shū)終止出版的時(shí)限，即沒(méi)有出完的一天。我們不想追求轟動(dòng)效應(yīng)，只要優(yōu)秀書(shū)稿不斷出現(xiàn)，我們就不斷出版。
　　本叢書(shū)將成為一套長(zhǎng)期延續(xù)出版的叢書(shū)。希望本叢書(shū)的編輯和出版方針，能對(duì)學(xué)術(shù)著作的出版工作走上健康發(fā)展的道路有所貢獻(xiàn)。
　　上海教育出版社2003年10月PrefacePreface
　　The series Contemporary Chinese Linguistics is one of the important projects of Shanghai Educational Publishing House. The planning of the series and the soliciting of contributions began in the spring of 1990 with the joint efforts of Rujie You (Fudan University), Hongming Zhang (University of Wisconsin at Madison) and Fanao Tang (Shanghai Educational Publishing House), who were brought together to edit the series by such following common grounds.
　　Not until the twenties and thirties of 20th century could Chinese linguistics break down the barriers of the traditional Chinese philology and enter its modern stage. Since then, and especially in the last ten years, rapid progress has been made in various different fields of Chinese linguistics and considerable wealth of research achievements have been accumulated. The series tries to present these achievements so as to stimulate the further research.
　　In June 1992 the editorial committee apprised Prof. Dexi Zhu of the target and the policy of the series with a name list of contributors and invited him to write a preface for the series. Prof. Zhu appreciated the target of the series and the contributors, and promised to write a preface. But his cancer situation turned worse and worse day by day, and did not allow him to write it. So the preface remains unfinished, it is a great pity.
　　Prof. Liu Danqing of Sciences and Mr. Zhang Rong, the editor of the Shanghai Educational Publishing House, joined the editorial committee from the year of 2000, and the policy of editing and publication has been adjusted since then. We planned to publish the serials within 5 years at the beginning, but the plan was not realized because some authors were too busy with some projects else, and did not finish writing according to the schedule, while others who had finished the manuscripts would like to revise them to perfect. Considering academic study needs hard work and a plenty of time, if we set deadline, the quality could not be guaranteed, and it is the feature of academic study that there is not limit to knowledge and the old should be weeded through while the new should be brought forth, we will not restrict the number of series volumes and their dates of publication. We would not like to pursuit sensational effort, and what we want to do is to publish qualified manuscripts whenever we have.
　　This series will be published successively in China. We hope our policy and publication would make contribution to the publication of academic works healthily in China.
　　Shanghai Educational Publishing House