《普通語言學教程》是“當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫（升級版）”中的一本。該繫列定位於將國外語言學與
應用語言學研究的重要成果引介給我國的學生、教師和研究者，采用的是英文原版引進、國內資深學者撰寫中文導
讀的方式。本書為英譯本，與之前的譯本相比，該譯文自然流暢、清晰準確，對讀者更好地理解索緒爾的觀點起到
積極的作用。

●Translator's Introduction
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. A brief survey of the history of linguistics
CHAPTER II. Data and aims of linguistics: connexions with related sciences
CHAPTER III. The object of study
CHAPTER IV. Linguistics of language structure and linguistics of speech
CHAPTER V. Internal and external elements of a language
CHAPTER VI. Representation of a language by writing
CHAPTER VII. Physiological phonetics

APPENDIX
PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PHONETICS
CHAPTER I. Sound types
CHAPTER II. Sounds in spoken sequences
Editorial note

PART ONE
GENERAL PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER I. Nature of the linguistic sign
CHAPTER II. Invariability and variability of the sign
CHAPTER III. Static linguistics and evolutionary linguistics

PART TWO
SYNCHRONIC LINGUISTICS
CHAPTER I. General observations
CHAPTER II. Concrete entities of a language
CHAPTER III. Identities, realities, values
CHAPTER IV. Linguistic value
CHAPTER V. Syntagmatic relations and associative relations
CHAPTER VI. The language mechanism
CHAPTER VII. Grammar and its subdivisions
CHAPTER VIII. Abstract entities in grammar

PART THREE
DIACHRONIC LINGUISTICS
CHAPTER I. General observations
CHAPTER II. Sound changes
CHAPTER III. Grammatical consequences of phonetic evolution
CHAPTER IV. Analogy
CHAPTER V. Analogy and evolution
CHAPTER VI. Popular etymology
CHAPTER VII. Agglutination
CHAPTER VIII. Diachronic units, identities and realities

APPENDICES TO PARTS TWO AND THREE
A.Subjective and objective analysis
B.Subjective analysis and determination of units smaller than the word
C.Etymology

PART FOUR
GEOGRAPHICAL LINGUISTICS
CHAPTER I. On the diversity of languages
CHAPTER II. Geographical diversity: its complexity
CHAPTER III. Causes of geographical diversity
CHAPTER IV. Propagation of linguistic waves

PART FIVE
QUESTIONS OF RETROSPECTIVE LINGUISTICS CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I. The two perspectives of diachronic linguistics
CHAPTER II. Earliest languages and prototypes
CHAPTER III. Reconstructions
CHAPTER IV. Linguistic evidence in anthropology and prehistory

INDEX

《普通語言學教程》是現代語言學的奠基之作，集中體現了“現代語言學之父”索緒爾的語言學思想，文字自然流暢，內涵豐富深刻，不僅概述了語言學的歷史、它與其他學科的關繫、它的研究對像等，還從共時語言學、歷時語言學、地理語言學的角度對語言符號、語言結構、語音演變、地理和語言差異等一繫列問題展開了深入剖析，創造性地提出了一套語言研究理論和研究方法，為後來的語言學研究提供了發展方向。