Forum for Linguistic Studies

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Zhonggen Yu has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Forum for Linguistic Studies (ISSN 2705-0602).

Zhonggen Yu is a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University with, Ph.D. in English language, a dual Master-degree holder in applied linguistics and law, and a post-doctoral researcher in psycho-linguistics, has already published approximately 100 academic papers in distinguished journals based on rich teaching and research experiences. His research interest includes educational technologies, language attrition, and language acquisition.

We warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Zhonggen Yu to his new role as Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to his guidance in helping Forum for Linguistic Studies reach new milestones.

FLS stopped receiving submissions for Volume 4 Issue 1. Articles submitted then will be arranged to Volume 5 Issue 1, 2023 upon acceptance.

We are pleased to announce that under the leadership of the Editor-in-Chief and with the support of the entire editorial staff, Forum for Linguistic Studies (FLS) has been accepted by Scopus.

English and Latin belong to the same language family (Indo-European language family) (English belongs to Germanic language family, while Latin belongs to Roman language family), so they are different in grammar.

Many foreigners don't understand whether the official language of China is Mandarin or Cantonese. Let's compare the differences between Mandarin and Cantonese.

1. Number of tones.

   mandarin consists of four main tones and the fifth "neutral" tone. These tones are composed of high (flat), rising, low (falling), falling and neutral tones.

   In Pinyin, each tone is represented by an accent on a vowel. For example, we will modify the tone of mandarin vowel "a" as follows:

   The first sound: ā.

   Second voice: á

   Third voice: ǎ

   The fourth sound: à

   The fifth tone ("neutral" tone): a

Dialectics (derived from Greek δ ι λ ε κ ο ο) is a scientific study of dialects. Dialectics is a subclass of sociolinguistics. It mainly studies language changes according to geographical distribution and its related characteristics. Dialectists are finally concerned about the grammar, vocabulary and phonetic features corresponding to local areas. Therefore, they not only study the people who have lived in a certain area for generations, but also study the immigrant groups who have brought their language to new areas.

Scope & Aim：

Forum for Linguistic Studies has been aimed at publishing the latest original research results in the form of research articles, review articles and book reviews in general and applied linguistics, specifically in the fields of cognitive-functional linguistic studies, philosophy of language, conversational analysis, language acquisition, and any other topics on language and linguistics. Papers based on the findings of corpus or experiment-oriented researches on natural language phenomena are particularly welcomed. Manuscripts should include such items as Title, List of authors (Corresponding author), Affiliations, Email addresses, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Main body, Conclusion, Acknowledgments and References.
All submitted manuscripts should be sent to the email address: ffls_scu@163.com.

1. What is the philosophy of language？

   Philosophy of language is a branch of philosophy. Generally speaking, it is the study of linguistic phenomena by contemporary western philosophers, and it is a branch or variant of analytical philosophy. The method it uses is logical analysis of language, which is based on the application of modern mathematical logic. Philosophy of language is one of the most influential and outstanding philosophical schools in modern western philosophy.

In the early 19th century, Goethe was keen on studying oriental literature, and published "A Collection of East and West" (1819) and "Hymn of the Four Seasons of China and Germany" (1830). He emphasized the close relationship between eastern and western literature. Goethe was the first scholar to formally put forward the concept of "world literature" in German. On January 31, 1827, in a conversation with his secretary, Aikman, Goethe first praised the legendary Chinese novel "The Legend of a Beautiful Moon", then used the word "Weltliteratur" for the first time, and wrote such a famous text in the history of literary theory: I increasingly believe that poetry is the common property of mankind.

This paper will recommend several good books, which will help us understand the language development in Europe.

1. Latin language and literature

   Title:Latino.Grammatica descrittiva

   Authors: Angelo. Tantucci, Vittorio. Roncoroni

   Publisher: Poseidonia, 2006.01

Saussure is a famous linguist in Switzerland. Young Grammar School is also called "Personal Psychologism Language School", and its research focuses on the personal factors of language. They understand language as the psychophysiological process of individual speech act and language structure as the direct expression of psychological temperament. Saussure opposed the viewpoint of the Young Grammar School, he focused on social factors, and thought that language was inherited by the collective who used the language according to tradition, and it was a symbolic system that determined individual speech acts, thus forming his later linguistic theory.

With the rise of China's economy and science and technology, more and more Chinese people are going to participate in international trade and science & technology exchange activities. Chinese is becoming the world language.

On February 22, 2005, British Deputy Minister of Education Kim howells said that English primary and secondary schools are vigorously promoting Chinese teaching, and British people are showing unprecedented enthusiasm for learning Chinese. The British Council trains 30 Chinese teachers every year to make up for the shortage of teachers caused by the upsurge of Chinese learning.

After readers' collection, netizens' voting, experts' selection and media voting, the editorial department of Chewing Words in China selected "Top Ten Popular Words in China in 2018".

Words will have different meanings with different contexts. It is difficult to make friends in a second language in other countries, and this difficulty is not only reflected in the apparent obstacles in listening and speaking, but also comes from the cultural background, generation gap and lack of common topics. This article takes stock of the interesting online buzzwords in America in 2018 for your reference.