建设世界一流的语言学学科是“双一流”建设的重要组成部分。世界一流学科建设的前提是让世界知道。本文基于国际主流的引文数据库,统计分析了中国语言学研究成果国际化的现状与问题。数据表明,中国大陆目前的语言研究成果的国际发表无论是数量还是质量均与世界一流高校仍有很大的差距。学科建设与学科的定位有关,如果语言学是科学,那么我们就需要采用科学的方法来研究语言。作者团队十几年来的实践表明,语言研究是可以科学化的,其成果也可以得到科学家的关注,但前提是我们需要采用科学共同体认可的方法来研究语言。科学的研究方法也有助于成果的国际化。
Abstract
Constructing world first-class linguistics discipline is an important mission for the ‘Double First-class Initiative’, and the precondition for accomplishing this mission is to make it internationally known. Based on the data drawn from the major Databases of International Science Citation, this paper analyzes the current scenario and diffi culties in internationalizing the output of Chinese linguistic research. The analysis shows that when it comes to international publications, there exists a huge disparity between Chinese Mainland and the rest of the world in terms of both quantity and quality, signifying that there is a long way to go in order for the best Chinese universities to catch up with their counterparts in the world. The success of discipline construction depends on disciplinary orientation. If linguistics is a science, then language should be studied through the means of scientific approaches. My own practical experience of leading a research team shows that it is feasible to apply scientific methods in conducting linguistic research, and our accomplishments have drawn a lot of attention from researchers in areas of natural sciences. This leads to an argument that Chinese linguists should strive to carry their studies in a scientific way that is widely accepted by the international academia. As a conclusion, the paper argues that in terms of research topic, we should choose the issues that are specific to China but with international significance; that is, the findings should have wider implications contributing to the international research literature. I believe that this is the only way to enable our research to reach out to the world and stand tall on the world platform, thus to achieve the goal of building world-class universities.
关键词
中国语言学 /
国际化 /
科学化 /
科学研究范式
Key words
linguistics in China /
internationalization /
scientization /
scientific research paradigm
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