本文考察了现代汉语常用词“说话”的演变过程,重点分析了“说”在中古时期产生的新用法,即后面跟受事宾语“话”或者某种性质的话。根据语料调查,这种用法基本上都是出现在汉译佛典文献中,通过汉译佛经与梵文原典的对勘,笔者认认认为“说”后新产生的“话”这类受事宾语的现象很可能是受到原典语言的影响。“说话”一词的历史演变一方面体现了汉语发展的内在规律,另一方面也体现了语言接角等外部因素的影响。 This essay examines the evolution of the commonly used Chinese word “speech ” in modern Chinese, focusing on the new usage of “say ” in the Middle Ages, which is followed by the subject of the incident “words ” or something of a certain nature. According to the corpus survey, this kind of usage basically appears in the Chinese translation of Buddhist documents. Through the comparisons between the Chinese Buddhist scriptures and the Sanskrit texts, the author believes that the new “” words produced after the “say” The phenomenon of subject matter is likely to be influenced by the original language. The historical evolution of the word “speech” embodies the inherent law of Chinese language development on the one hand and the influence of external factors such as linguistic angle on the other.