Differences between Modern Linguistics and Traditional Grammar Research

Definition: 1. Modern linguistic research began in the early 20th century, aiming at revealing the deep structure of human language and describing language and language communication objectively and scientifically. Modern linguistics is a compulsory course for English majors in the national higher education self-study exam.

2. This term includes the works of18th century Greek and Roman grammarians, Renaissance writers and normative grammarians. It is difficult to generalize so many research methods, but linguists always treat this term in a derogatory sense, that is, it refers to an unscientific grammar research method: analyzing language according to Latin and ignoring empirical facts. However, many basic concepts used in modern research methods have been found in those early works; In addition, as a part of the history of language thought, the study of traditional grammar has attracted new attention today. A prominent example of the application of traditional grammar in contemporary China is sentence pattern practice, which can automatically respond to language stimuli.