T. T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre 吳多泰中國語文研究中心 - CLRC

History:
The history of the Centre can be traced back to the founding of the "Chinese Linguistics Research Centre" in 1966, which started off mainly focusing on the research of ancient texts and historical phonology. The Centre was renamed the "Chinese Language Research Centre" in 1978, placing great emphasis on language education and the raising of the standards of language teaching in Hong Kong. In 1980, the Centre received generous support from Mr. Tor-tai Ng, and consequently changed its name to the "T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre". Apart from being devoted to the research of language education, the Centre also initiated a number of research projects on southeastern Chinese dialects adopting a sociolinguistic approach. Since its founding, the Centre has emphasized both traditional and modern aspects of Chinese linguistics, combined theory with practice, and contributed to the study of the Chinese language. Research Directions:
To achieve greater descriptive adequacy, we can apply an appropriate theoretical framework to study language from a comparative perspective. Findings that emerge from such comparative studies could further contribute to constructing a new theory to explain the universal properties of human language, thus broadening our horizons. This is the line of research that the Centre intends to pursue in the study of Chinese. Bearing in mind the mission of the University, which is "To combine tradition with modernity, and to bring together China and the West", we are keen to conduct comparative research involving Chinese, and take pride in creating an active research platform whereby various thoughts can be brought together within a comparative perspective to develop a promising direction that will enhance our understanding of Chinese. It is hoped that the Centre can serve as an international hub for comparative studies of Chinese, fostering innovative ideas and initiatives.

歷史:
本中心前身是“中國語言學研究中心”，成立於1966年，研究較為偏重古代文獻、歷史音韻的研究。1978年易名為“中國語文研究中心”，研究方向面對香港，尤以語文教育、提升語文水平作為中心發展的目標之一。1980年吳多泰先生慨捐巨資協助中心的研究工作，中心因此命名為“吳多泰中國語文研究中心”。除了注重語文教育外，本中心積極進行多項漢語方言的研究項目，從社會語言學的角度，對東南方言作廣泛的調查。多年來本中心的研究務求做到新知舊學並重、理論及實踐結合，為中國語文研究作出貢獻。

研究方向:
要更進一步了解語文的特質，我們可以適當的理論架構，通過比較的角度，發現更多語文的問題，反過來利用比較研究所得的結果，建構新的理論，進一步解釋人類語言的普遍現象，開闊我們的視野。這是本中心研究中國語文的新方向。
本中心秉持大學的使命“結合傳統與現代，融會中國與西方”，今後將致力於中國語文的比較研究，提供一個充滿活力的平台，匯聚不同智慧，從語言比較的角度，發展可行的研究方向，促進我們對中國語文的認識。我們希望本中心能成為中國語文比較研究的學術樞紐，作為尋找創意之處。