The characteristics of this book are as follows: 1. Extensive reference has been made to some monographs and textbooks published at home and abroad, and "take an objective and cautious attitude towards various new theories and theories and choose practical and reliable arguments". 2. Pay more attention to the reality of Chinese and properly absorb the new achievements of Chinese studies, especially modern Chinese studies. The text of this book is concise and easy to understand. In recent years, many colleges and universities have used this book as a textbook for the course of introduction to linguistics in Chinese department.
The revision of Linguistic Syllabus (Revised Edition) mainly includes three aspects: (1) supplementing new research contents; (2) add examples and explanations to existing concepts or viewpoints; (3) personal opinions and revision of materials. What new contents have been added? Its main progress is in the fields of semantics and pragmatics, language contact and the relationship between words and language, which represents the development trend of linguistics: the understanding of language has changed from a closed static system to an open dynamic system.