我很高兴参加“第三届全国现代语言学研讨会”,因为这次会议的主旨是专门探讨我国当前语言学理论建设问题。很久以来,我们没有开过这样内容的会了,不能不说反映了我们过去对语言学理论建设的重视不够。因此,这次会议的召开,定将在今后语言学研究中发挥积极的作用。没有先进的、科学的语言学理论,就不会有先进的蓬勃发展的语言学。这是一个容易明白的、并且已为过去的历史证明了的事实。显然,要发展我国的语言学,对于理论的建设必须给予更多的注意和关心。我记得十多年前,吕叔湘先生在一次讲话中,曾引用一个历史故事把语言事实和语言理论恰当地比作铜钱和穿钱的绳子。意在告诫我 I am very happy to attend the “Third National Symposium on Modern Linguistics,” because the purpose of this conference is to specifically discuss the current theory of linguistics in our country. For a long time we have not had such an event. We can not but say that we did not pay enough attention to the construction of linguistic theories in the past. Therefore, the convening of this conference will surely play an active role in linguistic research in the future. Without advanced, scientific theories of linguistics, there will be no advanced and flourishing linguistics. This is a fact that is easy to understand and that has been proven for the past. Obviously, to develop our linguistics, we must pay more attention and care to the construction of the theory. I remember more than a decade ago, in his speech, Mr. Lü Shuxiang quoted a historical story that compared verbal facts and linguistic theories with ropes of money and money. Intended to warn me