张宜(以下简称张):徐老师,今天特来向您请教,主要想就“语言理论研究”问题请徐老师谈谈看法。先请徐老师讲第一个问题:您是怎样走上语言学研究道路的,您为什么要研究语言学? 徐通锵教授(以下简称徐):我1952年入学,56年毕业。我念书的时候,中文系只有语文、编辑两个专业;1958年,编辑专业并入中国人民大学新闻系,而语 Zhang Yi (hereinafter referred to as Zhang): Xu, today to come to your advice, mainly want to talk about the views of the “theory of language” Xu teacher. Mr. Xu first asked the first question: How did you embark on linguistics research, why do you want to study linguistics? Professor Xu Tongqiang (hereinafter referred to as Xu): I enrolled in 1952, 56 years graduate. When I was studying, the Chinese department had only Chinese and two major editors. In 1958, the editing major was incorporated into the Department of Journalism at Renmin University of China.