第二届演化语言学学术会议于2010年5月30日至6月1日在南开大学召开。来自国内外的40余位学者出席了本次会议。会议开幕式特别邀请了著名语言学家王士元先生和美国芝加哥大学的穆夫温(Salikoko Mufwene)教授作学术报告。王士元先生的报告题目为《演化语言学的演化》(The Evolutionof Evolutionary Linguistics)。穆夫温教授的报告题目是《作为工艺的语言:一种演化的观 The second session of Evolutionary Linguistics Conference was held in Nankai University from May 30 to June 1, 2010. More than 40 scholars from home and abroad attended the conference. At the opening ceremony, Mr. Wang Shiyuan, a famous linguist, and Prof Salikoko Mufwene, professor at the University of Chicago, were invited to give academic reports. Mr. Wang Shiyuan’s report entitled “The Evolution of Evolutionary Linguistics.” Professor Mufween’s report entitled "As a Process Language: An Evolutionary Perspective