吕叔湘先生的《语文常谈》,1980年由三联书店出版。这本书篇幅不长,六万字,但内容十分丰富,涉及到语音、语法、语汇、方言、汉字以至文字改革等许多方面的重要问题;论述十分精辟,有许多独到的见地;语言通俗简练,清新活泼,读起来就象听作者在谈家常,会产生浓厚的兴趣。这是一本学习汉语知识的很好的入门书。 Lv Shuxiang's “language talk”, published by the Joint Publishing in 1980. This book is not long, sixty thousand words, but the content is very rich, involving many important issues in speech, grammar, vocabulary, dialects, characters and even text reform; exposition is very brilliant, there are many unique insights; language concise , Fresh and lively, read as listening to the author talking about homemade, will have a keen interest. This is a great primer on learning Chinese.