Differences between Traditional Grammar and Modern Linguistics

Traditional grammar is prescriptive, which is based on written language and sets an example for language users, but modern linguistics is descriptive, and its research is based on reality, mainly oral data; Traditional grammar pays attention to the morphological changes of words, the division of parts of speech and the division of sentence components, and summarizes the types of sentences. The research content of modern linguistics no longer stays on the surface, but explores the internal laws of language.

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Traditional grammar is often used to summarize the methods and concepts of grammar research before linguistics becomes science. The "tradition" mentioned here has been more than 2000 years, including the works of ancient Greek and Roman grammarians, Renaissance writers and normative grammarians in the18th century.

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.

From ancient Greece to modern times, different times and schools have different emphases on grammar research, so different watersheds have appeared.

The division between traditional grammar and modern grammar is a cross-generational proof, which is different from the dichotomy between formal grammar and functional grammar. Formal grammar and functional grammar are mainly divided according to different levels of research, while traditional grammar and modern grammar are two different stages.

Liu Runqing believes that from the 4th and 5th centuries BC to the end of 18, the research lasting more than 2,000 years belongs to the traditional grammar stage, which is also recognized by many scholars.

19th century is regarded as a transitional stage, which not only inherits the traditional grammar stage, but also has a certain influence on modern grammar. Humboldt is the representative, and some of his thoughts influenced Saussure, the founder of modern linguistics. Modern grammar began with structural linguistics in the early 20th century. The division between traditional grammar and modern grammar is not to prove right or wrong, but the traditional grammar is the cornerstone, which promotes the follow-up research. In the long history of language research, people's understanding of language has changed. The purpose and method of research are different, and the content of research is also different. The research on language is gradually deepening, thus two stages of traditional grammar and modern grammar have emerged. Therefore, this paper mainly expounds the differences between traditional grammar and modern grammar from three aspects: epistemology, research purpose and research content.