“语言具有生产力的特性。”这是我在《百万个为什么·汉语》中回答“为什么说语言和‘吃饭’问题是大有关系的”一问时提出的一个观点。《百万个为什么》是一套普及性读物,每问限定写1000字左右。千把字的文章,只能粗略地把语言和生产力的关系稍加论证而已,要引起学术界的重视和讨论是不大可能的。但是我觉得这个观点涉及语言学理论、语言学地位、语言文字工作的许多实际问题,有必要作进一步的说明以就教于各位专家、广大读者。 “Language is Productive.” Here’s a point I asked in the “Why Million Chinese?” Answer, “Why language and ’eating are matters’.” Why is a million? Is a universal book, each asked to write around 1000 words. Thousands of words in the article, only a rough rhetoric of the relationship between language and productivity only argued, it is not possible to attract academic attention and discussion. However, I think this view involves many practical problems in linguistic theory, linguistic status, and language work. It is necessary to give further explanations to teach to you experts and readers.