现今,在世界各国语言中缩略性字母词语是屡见不鲜的语言现象。俄语里的CCCP、TACC和英语里的USA、NBA、SOS等字母词是我们司空见惯的词语。自刘涌泉发表《谈谈字母词》一文以来,“字母词”在学术界引起了广泛讨论。本文基于前人研究的成果,对有关字母词的概念、现代汉语言语活动中常用字母词类型、特征、人们对于字母词的态度等有关情况进行了简要的论述,并就当今如何规范使用字母词略陈己见。 Nowadays, the abbreviation of alphabetic words in various languages ​​of the world is a common language phenomenon. The CCCP in Russian, the TACC and English in the English, NBA, SOS and other letters are our commonplace words. Since Liu Yongquan published his article “Talk about the letter words,” the “letter word” has caused extensive discussions in academia. Based on the achievements of previous researches, this article briefly discusses the concepts of alphabetic words, the types and characteristics of commonly used alphabetic words in modern Chinese verbal activities, the attitude of people to the alphabetic words, and discusses how to standardize the use of alphabetic words Slightly see.