记得1991年冬天,中国语言学会第六届年会在厦门大学召开,身为会长的朱德熙先生正在美国,其实他已在重病中,却还惦记着学会的发展,特地寄来书面发言。一开头朱先生就说:“写几句应景的空话不如说一点真实的感想。”他把自己30年来在研究“的”字的过 I remember that in the winter of 1991, the 6th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Language Institute was held in Xiamen University. Mr. Chu Te-hee, who is the president, is in the United States. In fact, he has been seriously ill, yet he still remembers the development of the Institute and sent a written statement specifically. At the beginning, Mr. Zhu said: “It is better to say a few real words than to write a few words about a scene.” “He has spent 30 years studying”