It is always a good tradition in Chinese linguistic circle for masters to write'small books'. Flippancy is spreading in the style of study presently.Against this trend,Jinan University Press has published a series of popular and practical books of linguistics named'Small Books by Masters',the publication of which is beneficial to a better style of study and a benign development of linguistic research.Among them,Yuwen Zaji(Language Notes) written by Professor Zhan Bohui,who is also the chief editor of this series...