我与钱冠连教授相识已逾廿载,但真正认识钱先生是从这十年开始的,当然也是从他的著述而起。记得那还是在本世纪初,我去北京参加一个学术会议,会议的主题与语言哲学有关,颇觉深奥。会上认识了北大、人大几位研究哲学的教授,闲聊起来居然聊到了广外的钱冠连。他们赞叹道:一个搞语用学的英语教授,能把语言哲学研究得这么深透,说 I’ve known Professor Qian Guanlian more than 20 years ago, but I really know Mr. Qian from the beginning of this decade, of course, from his writings. I remember it was at the beginning of this century, I went to Beijing to attend an academic conference, the theme of the meeting and language philosophy, quite profound. At the meeting, Peking University and Renmin University met some professors who studied philosophy. They praise: a professor of English proficient in language philosophy can be so thoroughly studied, said