对每一位具有基本文化教养的读者来说,都了解中国语言研究范畴中有“语法学”和“音韵学”两门学科。然而他们也许还不知道,主持了几十年汉语语法研究的北京语言学会会长张志公先生,在晚年曾尖锐地指出:“现行的汉语语法体系基本上不符合汉语的实际。”无独有偶,终身致力于音韵学研究、曾任北京大学副校长的著名学者魏建功教授,在其生命弥留之际也对去医院看望他的教师说,音韵学是“伪科学”。这样两位德高望重的学术界前辈,对他们以毕生精力所从事研究的学科所作的沉痛反思,可谓发人深省。 For every reader with a basic culture, he understands the two subjects of “grammar” and “phonology” in the field of Chinese language studies. However, they may not yet know that Mr. Zhang Zhigong, president of the Beijing Language Association who presided over decades of Chinese grammar study, pointed out sharply in his later years: “The current system of Chinese grammar basically does not conform to the reality of Chinese.” “Coincidentally, Lifetime commitment to phonology research, former vice president of Peking University, a famous scholar Professor Wei Jiangong, on the occasion of its life, but also to go to the hospital to visit his teacher said that phonology is ”pseudo-science." It is thought-provoking that such two respected academic predecessors made painful reflections on the disciplines in which they engaged in lifelong energies.