This work consists of an introduction and 11 articles on important aspects of the interpretation of generic expressions. The introduction provides a clear overview of various issues and synthesizes the major analytical approaches to them. Taken together, the papers that follow reflect the current state of the art in the semantics of generics, and afford insight into various generic phenomena.

華嚴字母作為生僻冷門的學問，幾成絕學，華嚴字母唱誦逐漸受人注意，但其源流及影響仍有不少疑問之處。本書作者以十年之功，梳理華嚴字母於中亞及中國的流傳情況，並參考大量罕見文獻，於《大理叢書》發現了最早的華嚴字母韻表，首次從明清宗教、語言及政治三方面綜合分析華嚴字母的歷史意義，包括根據華嚴字母創作的韻表，與佛教唱韻、明教、雲南、十三攝、《康熙字典》及乾隆帝等的微妙關係，對弄清華嚴字母的來源與發展，提供了清晰的視角。本書是作者通過等韻學探討文化史的新嘗試，呈現了最新的學術成果，值得讀者細味。

《缅彝语音韵学》讨论的是我国古西羌南迁居民及其后裔的语言。作者认为古西羌南迁居民及其后裔的语言是从原始藏缅语分出的一个支派，经过羌戎语和羌缅语两个历史阶段，分出了缅彝语这一声调祖语。调类特征体现了缅彝语诸语言的亲缘关系，可以此与非本语支语言划界，具有语言谱系分类学上的意义。《缅彝语音韵学》构拟了古有110个声类、71个韵类，《缅彝语音韵学》构拟的古音字汇含1500多个单字（包括同义字），为建构缅彝语声类、韵类和调类提供了一个新的方案。

This handbook provides a comprehensive account of current research on case and the morphological and syntactic phenomena associated with it. The semantic roles and grammatical relations indicated by case are fundamental to the whole system of language and have long been a central concern of descriptive and theoretical linguistics. The book opens with the editors' synoptic overview of the main lines of research in the field, which sets out the main issues, challenges, and debates. Some sixty scholars from all over the world then report on the state of play in theoretical, typological, diachronic, and psycholinguistic research. They assess cross-linguistic work on case and case-systems and evaluate a variety of theoretical approaches. They examine current issues and debates from historical, areal, socio-linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives. The final part of the book consists of a set of overviews of case systems representative of some of the world's major language families. The book is fully cross-referenced, referenced, and indexed.It will be of central interest to all scholars and advanced students of syntax and morphology as well as to those working in associated subjects in semantics, typology, and psycholinguistics.

A dramatic account of the rate of language extinction, and how it endangers the future of biodiversity Few people know that nearly 100 native languages once spoken in what is now California are near extinction, or that most of Australia's 250 aboriginal languages have vanished. In fact, at least half of the world's languages may die out in the next century. What has happened to these voices? Should we be alarmed about the disappearance of linguistic diversity? The authors of Vanishing Voices assert that this trend is far more than simply disturbing. Making explicit the link between language survival and environmental issues, they argue that the extinction of languages is part of the larger picture of near-total collapse of the worldwide ecosystem. Indeed, the authors contend that the struggle to preserve precious environmental resources-such as the rainforest-cannot be separated from the struggle to maintain diverse cultures, and that the causes of language death, like that of ecological destruction, lie at the intersection of ecology and politics. And while Nettle and Romaine defend the world's endangered languages, they also pay homage to the last speakers of dying tongues, such as Red Thundercloud, a Native American in South Carolina, Ned Mandrell, with whom the Manx language passed away in 1974, and Arthur Bennett, an Australian, the last person to know more than a few words of Mbabaram. In our languages lies the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Indeed, each language is a unique window on experience. Vanishing Voices is a call to preserve this resource, before it is too late.

书稿以汉译佛经史上的重要翻译作品——支谦译经——的复音词为研究对象，从语言接触和文化互动的角度，具体、深入地考察了汉译佛经词汇的生成与演变，并就因此而形成的汉译佛经语言对汉语词汇发展的影响作了探讨，对汉语词典的编纂也提出了参考性意见。

- Collects twelve new papers that explore the syntax of Chinese in comparison with other languages.
- Opens up new avenues of research, connecting studies of Chinese with work being carried out on other languages.
Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective is a collection of sixteen original papers by leading experts in Chinese syntax. The papers focus on a broad range of topics, demonstrating how the analysis of Chinese can inform our understanding of syntactic phenomena in other languages, and how insights gained in the study of other languages can in turn shed interesting new light on patterns in Chinese. Each chapter compares a specific major phenomenon in Chinese syntax with related patterns in at least one other language from Asia, Europe, North America or Africa, resulting in a series of fresh perspectives on Chinese and what the study of Chinese can offer linguists working on other, genetically unrelated languages.
The volume is divided into three thematic sections, on the nominal domain, the predicate domain, and the C-domain. In addition to chapters on synchronic, adult syntax, the book includes chapters on Chinese diachronic syntax in a comparative perspective and the acquisition of syntax in Chinese, in comparison with that of other languages. The collection is a tribute to Professor C.-T. James Huang's lifelong work on the syntax of Chinese and his attempts to demonstrate how the comparative analysis of Chinese reveals important properties of Universal Grammar. With its broad, cross-linguistic focus and its detailed, new studies of Chinese, this book is essential reading for researchers of all language backgrounds in modern generative syntax.

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing languages. He argues that grammatical structures and rules should be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in detail the steps by which an attested grammar and lexicon can built up from observed utterances. He shows how the grammars and words of one language may be compared to others of the same or different families, explains the methods involved in cross-linguistic parametric analyses, and describes how to interpret the results. Volume 2 and volume 3 (to be published in 2011) offer in-depth tours of underlying principles of grammatical organization, as well as many of the facts of grammatical variation. 'The task of the linguist,' Professor Dixon writes, 'is to explain the nature of human languages - each viewed as an integrated system - together with an explanation of why each language is the way it is, allied to the further scientific pursuits of prediction and evaluation.' Basic Linguistic Theory is the triumphant outcome of a lifetime's thinking about every aspect and manifestation of language and immersion in linguistic fieldwork. It is a one-stop text for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, as well as for those in neighbouring disciplines, such as psychology and anthropology.

《 佛教称谓词语研究》是晚唐五代重要的禅宗语录总集，该书以《祖堂集》为语料进行专书称谓词语研究。20多万字的《祖堂集》共有600多个称谓词语，其中包括200多个佛教称谓，为我们研究佛教称谓词语提供了宝贵材料。《 佛教称谓词语研究》对《祖堂集》中的200多个佛教称谓词语进行了分类，包括佛教高人称谓、一般僧人称谓和与佛教有关的其他称谓三类，然后依据分类进行逐词释义分析。该书还对《祖堂集》中佛教称谓词语的构成和结构形式作了分析。最后总结出《祖堂集》佛教称谓词语的特点。

從「大家的日本語」到「他們的日本語」，
「我們」學習「他們」的日語，真的這麼理所當然？
──從語言的混生變種現象，探討日本殖民統治的特殊性──
1898年，一位日本人，
對全臺灣發布政令，要臺灣人學習日語，以培養「本國精神」。
1930年，一位日本人，
操著一口濃厚九州腔日語，大聲訓斥臺灣學童的發音不夠標準。
1941年，一位日本人，
用臺語、日語交雜的混種語言，跟臺灣菜販你來我往的殺價。
1963年，一位日本人，
在臺灣爬山時，發現原住民小孩居然會哼唱日本童謠《桃太郎》。
1994年，一位日本人，
發現臺北某處公園內，一群老人流利地說著他們的臺灣腔日語。
2016年，一位臺灣人，
正努力背誦日文課本例句，希望發音能跟日文老師一模一樣。
語言使用的混雜與不完整，一直是殖民統治的常態。
然而，在臺灣的日語現象又更為複雜，
原因在於日本做為殖民者的特殊性。
做為一個有強烈「語言民族主義」意識的早熟亞洲帝國，
日本在臺灣推行了近乎宗教狂熱式的國語同化教育，
相信唯有推行國語，才能在精神上將臺灣人同化成日本人。
然而，事情沒那麼簡單。
除了日語源自漢文、本身即已非純粹外，
即便在日本內地，也存在著腔調迥異的方言，
而臺灣本就為多語言社會，更加深語言單一化的難度。
二十世紀的臺灣，身處連續殖民的政治情境。
戰後的國語同化政策，從日語換成了北京語；
但日本人發現，臺灣人在戰後仍繼續使用日語。
這不只引發其濃厚鄉愁，也引發關於國語教育的多方論戰。
針對這些現象的論辯及實例介紹，即為本書的主軸。
對親日的臺灣而言，應如何面對、理解日治時期的歷史？
除了懷想溫馨感人的歷史小故事，本書對日本的批判立場，
可提供我們理解臺灣史的另一個知識管道。
畢竟除了「親日」，要「知日」，也才更能「知臺」。
名人推薦
【專文導讀】
陳培豐（中央研究院臺灣史研究所研究員）
【聯合推薦】
黃英哲（日本愛知大學大學院中國研究科教授）
垂水千惠（日本橫濱國立大學國際戰略推進機構教授）
許佩賢（國立臺灣師範大學臺灣史研究所所長）

日中国交正常化以来、日本人の中国への関心が高まり、中国語学習者が増加している｡
本書は中国語教育という窓口から近代日中関係史の全体と日本人の中国認識を解明しようとするものである｡
中国語を単に商用や戦争遂行の手段とみなした戦前のあり方を批判し、友好と理解への架け橋として中国語を学習することの必要性を説く｡

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author. 'An excellent and very welcome guide to psycholinguistics!highly recommended.' The Washington Post A classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate Mammal is a brilliant introduction to psycholinguistics. In lucid prose Jean Aitchison introduces and demystifies a complex and controversial subject: What is language and is it restricted to humans? How do children acquire language so quickly? Is language innate or learned? She explains the pioneering work of Noam Chomsky; how children become acclimatized to speech rhythms before birth; the acquisition of verbs; construction and cognitive grammar; and aphasia and dementia. She also considers new topics such as language and evolution and the possibility of a 'language gene', bringing the field right up to date. Jean Aitchison was Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford from 1993 to 2003, and is now an Emeritus Professorial Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford. She is the author of numerous books on language and gave the 1996 BBC Reith lectures on the topic of 'The Language Web'.

"Greek Buddha" shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Identifying Pyrrho's basic teachings with those of Early Buddhism, Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Greek philosophy to Gandh?ra, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India.
Pyrrho of Elis accompanied Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Graeco-Macedonian invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC, and while there met with teachers of Early Buddhism, a philosophy that Beckwith analyzes in depth. Using a range of primary sources, he systematically looks at the teachings and practices of Pyrrho and of Early Buddhism, including those preserved in testimonies by and about Pyrrho, in the report on Indian philosophy two decades later by the Seleucid ambassador Megasthenes, in the first-person edicts by the Indian king Dev?n priya Priyadar?i referring to a popular variety of the Dharma in the early third century BC, and in Taoist echoes of Gautama's Dharma in Warring States China. Beckwith demonstrates how the teachings of Pyrrho agree closely with those of the Buddha kyamuni, "the Scythian Sage." In the process, he identifies eight distinct attested philosophical schools in ancient northwestern India and Central Asia, including Early Zoroastrianism, Early Brahmanism, and several forms of Early Buddhism. Beckwith then shows the influence that Pyrrho's brand of scepticism had on the evolution of Western thought, first in Antiquity, and later, during the Enlightenment, on the great philosopher and self-proclaimed "Pyrrhonian," David Hume.

"Greek Buddha" demonstrates that through Pyrrho, Early Buddhist thought had a significant impact on Western philosophy.

《手势创造与语言起源:离群聋人自创手语调查研究》讲述游顺钊决心在法国开拓聋人手语的研究，原因之一，是由于他对事物的奥秘和起源（包括语言的起源）很好奇。当然，事实上并不主要是兴趣、爱好的问题，他对当时语言学界的研究情况有自己的看法。他认为，人类的语言现象，是一种涉及许多方面和众多领域的复杂的社会、生理现象，然而历来的语言研究，过分偏重听觉方面，只顾舌头和耳朵，忽略了视觉方面，不顾眼睛和双手。他觉得这种偏颇给语言研究的深入造成了障碍。有个问题常引起他思考：聋人历来用手势表达和交际，然而为什么很少有人对他们的表达系统发生兴趣呢？不少人对聋人及他们的表达系统缺乏了解，甚至有误解。

《多元视域中的模糊语言学》是以一种多元融合的思路展开自己的思考与阐释的，其主要脉络就是从多个层面阐释语言模糊性的思想渊源、语义描述、语言功能等。模糊语言学作为语言学宇模糊学之间的边缘学科，是近30年才形成的一门新兴学科。进入21世纪后，国外语言学界对语言模糊性的探讨开始从各个不同层面逐步深入。由于语言模糊性的讨论涉及诸多相关学科的理论和假说。