This is the first series of textbooks for postgraduates of TCFL/Chinese Language Education in China. It is composed of 30 books, including linguistic theories, second language education theories, TCFL ontological studies, TCFL skills, language evaluation theories and other fields, covering each aspect of the TCFL research system. It is a series of systematic textbooks and academic works developing high-level talents in this field.

 

Introduction to Language, a textbook in this series, introduces the properties and characteristics of language, linguistic science, language change, language learning, language education and other aspects. As a basic language reading material, it answers the following questions, such as “What is language?”, “What is the relationship between language and cognition?”, “What is the relationship between language and socio-culture?”, “How many languages are there in the world? Are they related to each other?”, “What is the secret to language learning?”, “What is the driving force of language development and language change?”, thus effortlessly telling stories about language.    

Cui Xiliang, president of Beijing Language and Culture University, a professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics and a tutor of Ph.D. candidates, got his Doctor of Arts degree from Peking University, Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from McMaster University and Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Keimyung University. Mr. Cui has been awarded a special government allowance by the State Council of China. He is the author of monographs such asChinese Idioms and Chinese Humanism, Language Understanding and Cognition and A Brief Introduction to Linguistics, etc. and is also the author of more than 60 published academic papers.