布龙菲尔德的《语言论》——一部划时代的作品

Bloomfield's Language : An epoch-making masterpiece

布龙菲尔德的《语言论》是一部划时代的作品:(1)谋篇布局独具特色;(2)继承和发展了索绪尔提出的语言共时研究与历时研究、语言横组合关系与纵聚合关系两个重要的语言学理论区分;(3)《语言论》为语言教学和语言测试领域的结构主义体系的形成提供了系统科学的理论依据,并对其发展产生了深刻影响;(4)关于语言描写与研究的原则、术语和方法在后来的语言学研究中被广为借鉴或运用。

Bloomfield's Language is an epoch-making masterpiece from four aspects: (1) Language is a model which bridges theory and practice and creates a style all of its own with its overall kyout; (2) It has inherited and developed Saussure's modem linguistic theories; (3) Its stimulus-response theory has far-reaching influence on language teaching and testing; (4) Its principle, terminology and methods are still widely being used in the fields of linguistics study and language teaching.