【摘要】 要了解语言学的发展 ,就要了解历史比较语言学和结构主义语言学 ,而了解了历史比较语言学和结构主义语言学 ,就基本了解了欧美语言学发展的全貌。本文以时间顺序为脉络 ,选取了两大语言学理论———历史比较语言学和结构主义语言学发展中的几个重大转折点 ,介绍了其中重要人物的语言学思想、理论及方法 ,讨论了这些重要人物在推动语言学研究发展中的作用和意义更多还原

【Abstract】 To understand the development of linguistics must start from historical comparative linguistics and structuralist linguistics, which can outline the development of linguistics in Europe and the United States. This article, in chronological order, selecting several turning points in the development of two major schools of linguistics theories--historical comparative linguistics and structuralist linguistics, introduces thoughts, theories and methods of several important figures, and then discusses the significance of those personages in developing linguistic study.更多还原