The Influence of Western Linguistics on Modern Chinese

The influence of western linguistics on China people is too great. Now China's theories are basically western. If we want to trace back to the source, in the Ming Dynasty, missionaries Matteo Ricci, Giniger and others used western letters to phonetic Chinese characters. The most influential aspect is grammar, and modern Ma Shi Wen Tong is the product of the influence of western linguistics. Pronunciation and vocabulary have also been greatly influenced, for example, the phonetic symbols use Latin letters; Many words in modern Chinese are loanwords, loanwords, definitions and so on. In modern times, grammar research is the darling, from historical grammar, structuralist grammar, valence grammar, functional grammar, cognitive grammar to the popular construction grammar, all of which are western. This is just an overview, which can be discussed from three elements: pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar.

Mr Lv Shuxiang, Mr Xu Tongqiang and others are very worried about this phenomenon. At the 2005 International High-level Forum on Review and Prospect of China Studies and Zhejiang Linguistics in the New Century, Mr. Xu Tongqiang gave a speech entitled "Research on China Characteristics and Construction of Language Theory", and raised a very thought-provoking question: Why did China and the United States embark on different paths at the same starting line? Mr. Lu called it a difficult problem, which can be used for reference.