What language age are we in?

The language style is constantly changing, and the language field is constantly expanding and enriching.

China is a country with many languages, with various languages and dialects, showing a unique language style. Since the new century, with the development of all aspects, the language life in China has been changing constantly. In 1998, we described the language life at that time as follows: "A large number of abnormal phenomena entered the mass media, some influential dialects in the south moved northward, and foreign words directly entered the Chinese communication circle." This description summarizes some changes in China's language life in the late last century.

The change of social language life has brought about the expansion of language field, and the forms and contents of language life in different fields are constantly enriched. In addition to the traditional key areas of language use such as Chinese education, press and publication, radio and television, drama, film and television art, more and more fields such as science and technology, transportation, medicine, justice, civil affairs, sports, etc. have also begun to pay attention to language issues. Language life has been everywhere, and language has gradually become a topic of concern to all sectors of society. At the turn of the century, People's Republic of China (PRC) Common Language Law was promulgated. 20 13 the State Council issued the "Chinese Character List of General Specification"; There are more and more language-related contents in the documents from the central authorities to local authorities, including various language standards, language civilization, language poverty alleviation, language security, language inheritance, and so on. However, activities such as Chinese Pinyin Examination, Chinese Inventory, Chinese Dictation Conference, and Idiom Conference have constantly attracted the attention of the society on language and writing. In addition, the restoration of old place names, pronunciation of words used in place names, Olympic Chinese, literature craze of ancient poems, "language preservation" project, use of alphabetic words, introduction of dialects into classrooms, language identification, standardization of Chinese medicine names, foreign language education, etc. , has aroused widespread concern in society, while others have caused various controversies, forming one hot spot after another, causing waves in China's language life; World Chinese Conference, World Chinese Education Conference and Chinese Media Conference have made new contributions to the international spread of Chinese.