本文重申了作者提出的“哲学语言学”概念, 并指出哲学语言研究是振兴新世纪中国语言学的首要之务。这意味着: 一、哲学语言学是语言研究的根本任务; 二、以哲学语言学的精神考察古往今来的语言学研究; 三、以哲学语言学的精神回顾中国语言学的借鉴和引进; 四、中国的哲学语言学研究正面临着三重历史使命, 即面对传统, 我们承担着发掘、继承、弘扬中国传统语言学的使命; 面对未来, 我们承担着继往开来, 建设中国语言学的使命; 面对世界, 我们承担着与世界语言学者一起, 共同建设比现在的普通语言学更具有“普遍性”的普通语言学的历史使命。

This paper alleges that the only way to develop Chinese linguistics is to emphasize philosophical approaches.It points out that all the meaningful linguist study is philosophical study and only by summing up past experience in this respect can we find a right way out for Chinese linguistics.Further, it stresses that Chinese linguists are confronted with three historical tasks, namely, inheriting and carrying forward the Chinese linguistic tradition, building up a new Chinese linguistics, and enriching and making our own contributions to the fulfillment of the world's general linguisties.