编辑基本规律研究的几个问题

Several Aspects about the Research on Basic Editing Rules

通过对编辑基本规律已有研究的考察,对编辑基本规律的研究范畴、理论界定、数量构成、语言表述四个问题进行讨论,认为:编辑基本规律的研究范畴应限定在编辑活动本身;编辑基本规律是编辑活动的普遍规律,是运用各种编辑形式的总原则,决定各种编辑形式的具体规则并体现在各种编辑形式之中;"编辑基本规律只能有一条"的说法过于武断,无益于编辑基本规律的深入探讨;"内容+规律(律)"的格式是编辑基本规律的最优表述形式。

Based on the existing researches on basic editing rules, the paper discusses four aspects of the editing rules, that is, research scope, theoretical definition, quantity description and language description. It argues that the research scope should be confined to the editing activity; the basic editing rules are universal for all editing activities, as general principles, they govern sub-rules, and are embodied in the concrete form of editing; it is too arbitrary to claim that ＂there is only one basic editing rule＂, which is not conducive to the further study of the basic editing rules; the best way to describe the basic editing rules is the ＂content ＋rule＂ pattern.