On May 15th, the "Second High -end Symposium on Forefriars of theoretical Linguistics" was held in Changsha, Hunan. More than 10 experts and scholars from Beijing Foreign Language University, Shanghai Foreign Language University, Hunan University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, Peking University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Northeast Normal University, and other universities, as well as Nearly 200 teachers and students from various places attended the meeting.

Professor Li Shutao, vice president of Hunan University, highly evaluated the form, content and cutting -edge of the meeting. Professor Wang Kefei, editor -in -chief of "Foreign Language Teaching and Research", said that the conference invited old Chinese and young scholars in the theoretical linguistics field to focus on international cutting -edge topics and aims to promote domestic research to the forefront of the world.

The meeting was launched in the form of a round table discussion. It is divided into four topics: formal linguistics, functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics, semantics/linguistics.

In the discussion of formal linguistics, Professor Chenggong of Zhejiang University uses individual quantum words and material quality words as the entry point. Starting from the syntax path, it proves that the quantifier structure and plural form have a unified syntax-semantic function; It analyzes the cutting -edge research trends of linguistics, including getting rid of the vision of European European language, semantics and syntax research, improving theoretical tools, and the theory of Chinese research. Professor Han Jingquan from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Foreign Trade, the theoretical and empirical deficiencies caused by the inconsistency of the grid assignment mechanism of the grid. Differences and commonality between different languages.

In the topic of semantics/consignment, Professor Zhou Ling of Northeast Normal University proposes "polite-impolite-immoral" constitutes a continuous argument; Professor Zhang Shaojie of Northeast Normal University believes that the study has both theoretical framework and empirical methods. Innovation, it also pointed out that classification can also be refined. Professor Chen Xinren of Nanjing University interprets the elastic characteristics of the "Versailles" complaints, the motivation of the complaints, and the source of the social and cultural media behind the "Versailles". Make the analysis tool more consistent and explanatory.

In the topic of system functional linguistics, Associate Professor Song Chengfang of the University of Foreign Economics and Trade introduced the internal and external causes of the development of system functional linguistics, and explained the system composition, research development and overall trend of system functional linguistics; Professor Miao Xingwei of Beijing Normal University This work is further explained, emphasizing the common of system functional linguistics and other genres. The deputy researcher at Sun Yat -sen University Wang Bo used multi -dimensional models to detailed the application of system functional linguistics in translation research; Professor Yang Yanning of East China Normal University pointed out that the development of linguistics need to integrate different theories for the development of linguistics.

Focusing on cognitive linguistics, Professor Shu Dingfang of Shanghai Foreign Language University proposed to be derived from cognition and expression, and the specific manifestations were concepts and language negative and positive; Professor Liu Zhengguang, dean of the School of Foreign Languages ​​of Hunan University, expanded and supplemented. Many phenomena can be interpreted from the perspective of metaphor, which is an important research aspect. Zhang Weiwei, an associate researcher of Shanghai Foreign Language University, explores the role of distributed semantics in the development of cognitive social linguistics from multiple dimensions; Professor Chris Sinha, Hunan University Analysis of related issues such as poetics.

In summary of his speech, Professor Liu Zhengguang highly evaluated the contribution of "Foreign Language Teaching and Research" for the development of the theoretical linguistics and the openness of the opening of the meeting. This meeting effectively promoted the development of foreign language academic research in Changsha and surrounding areas, enhanced the academic influence of Beiwai and "Foreign Language Teaching and Research", and promoted domestic theoretical linguistics research to the world -class level.