近代新语的历史功能与当代启示

The Historical Functions and Modern Enlightenments of the Modern Terminology for Chinese Characters

近代汉字术语(简称“新语”)是在中、西、日文化互动中形成、发展起来的,其社会功能,一是塑模并规限近代学科的发展,二是造就新文体,推动白话文运动,三是提供新思想的语文部件。近代新语的启示之一是,东西语文的通约是可能的,又是不易的,有一个复杂的渐进过程;启示之二是,中日两国作为汉字文化圈成员,可以更有效地实现语文互补;启示之三是,外来语可以丰富汉语词库,提供了汉语文发展的“不世出之机”;启示之四是,对外来语要有选择,对某些语言污染需要净化。

The Modern Terminology for Chinese Characters, ( MTCC) ,is formed and developed in the cultural interaction among China, the West and Japan. Its social functions are, firstly, to mould and stipulate the development of the modern knowledge branches; secondly, to bring upa new literary form and drive the movement of the writings in the vernacular; thirdly, to provide the new thought with language and literature parts. The first of the enlightenments of MTCC is that it is difficult but possible to amalgamate all the Eastern Asian languages, it needs a complicated process; the second is that Chinese and Japanese languages, as members of Chinese characters culture groups, could complement each other; the third is that loanwords could expand Chinese vocabulary providing a,' god-given' ,chance for the development of the Chinese language; the fourth is that we need select loanwords and purify them to avoid a language pollution.