试论《说文》对汉语“字”法结构研究的意义

A Brief Commentary on the Significance of Researching Chinese Characters' Word Formation

《说文》是语言研究史上的重要典籍,是对汉语字法结构进行深入而系统探究的语言学著作。它对形、音、义三位一体,听觉单位、书写单位、结构单位三位一体的汉字的分析,实际上是对“语言基本结构单位的构造规则”的探究,是汉语字法理论的总结和实践,对汉语字法结构研究有着重要的价值和意义,值得深入地研究和总结。

＂Shuo Wen＂ is one of the most important works in the history of language research.. It is a linguistics masterpiece that researches the structure of Chinese characters systematically. Its analysis of trinity, i. e. word- formation, pronunciation, and semantics, which are from the structural, auditory and calligraphic angles, is actually a piece of research into the word formation of basic language units. It is the generalization and practice of Chinese characters＇ theoretic rules that makes it worth researching thoroughly.