《语言学导论(修订本)》内容包括：Linguistic science has developed very rapidly in the last few decades．Books on　this subject number in hundreds Courses in linguistic science are very common in olleges and universities in　China．Students of foreign languages and literature are now required to take a　variety of courses in linguistics.

Linguistic science has a great influence on foreign language teaching and　learning. No language teacher，especially no foreign language teacher，can escape linguistic theories and principles if he or she expects to do his or her teaching work effectively and on a scientific basis

There are some excellent introductions to linguistics published in recent fifty years in China，but most of them are written in Chinese. Besides，they are mostly concerned with the Chinese language. Being students of English，they should have not only some common knowledge of general linguistics，but also some linguistic knowledge of their target language．which，I am sure，will help them a lot with their further students of English AN INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS is an attempt to meet the needs of Chinese students of English who wish to do their linguistic course work in their target language.