本書收錄語言學(xué)西文論文七十余篇,反映趙元任長達半個多世紀(jì)的研究歷程,涉及作者在國語教學(xué)、方言調(diào)查、中國語言問題、中西語言比較、對外漢語教學(xué)等領(lǐng)域的實踐與探索。
The Problem of the Chinese Language
Gwoyeu Romatzyh or the National Romanization
Transcribing Reversed English
A System of "Tone-letters"
A Note on "Let's"
"[E]" for Middle [e]
On Using b, d, g, for Unaspirated Voiceless Plosives
A Preliminary Study of English Intonation (with American Variants) and
Its Chinese Equivalents
Tone and Intonation in Chinese
The Non-uniqueness of Phonemic Solutions of Phonetic Systems
The Idea of a System of Basic Chinese
A Critical List of Errata for Bernhard Karlgren's Etudes sur la phonologie
Chinoise
A Note on Lia3 (倆),Sa1 Etc.
A Note on an Early Example of Logographic Theory of Chinese Writing
Distinctions within Ancient Chinese
Review of Bernhard Karlgren's Grammata Serica: Script and Phonetics in
Chinese and Sino-Japanese
Iambic Rhythm and the Verb-object Construction in Chinese
Languages and Dialects in China
Introduction to R. H. Mathew's Chinese-English Dictionary
Review of Walter Simon's Chinese Sentence Serices Records (pronounced)
The Logical Structure of Chinese Words
Fundamental Education: Language Education in China
The Voiced Velar Fricative as an Initial in Mandarin
The Efficiency of the Chinese Language