摘要
“华语”是马来西亚华人的共同语，作为一种区域华语，是全球华人共同语的一个变体；它与大陆普通话、台湾国语等都是一个“大华语”家庭的成员。因此对于马来西亚华语的研究，除了共时层面的比较异同，还应该追溯历时脉络探索其形成过程。本文从“华语”一词在马来西亚使用的历史及其含义入手，确立马来西亚华语研究的基本定位；然后由此出发通过现实语料的搜集以及历史文献的爬梳，将马来西亚华语研究的领域与范围在共时与历时两个轴线上铺展开来，并结合材料分析揭示马来西亚华语研究的发展方向。我们主张马来西亚华语研究应该置入整个汉语语言学研究的界域中进行审视：在共时层面上探讨汉语共同语地域变异的多样性、在历时层面上探讨现代汉语形成过程中的多面向复朵性。
並列摘要
Mandarin is the common language for Malaysian Chinese. As a regional Mandarin, it is a variant of the global Chinese language, which also constitutes a member of the Greater Mandarin that includes Putonghua of Mainland China, Taiwan's Guoyu and such. Therefore, the study of Malaysian Mandarin should also encompass, besides a synchronic comparison among different Mandarins, a diachronic study of the history of its formation. This paper begins by examining the usage of the term Huayu (means Mandarin) in Malaysia context, thereby deriving an appropriate positioning of Malaysian Mandarin study, whence following an analysis of relevant materials, manifests the full amplitude of Malaysian Mandarin study within the synchronic and diachronic scope of linguistic study, and concludes a directional opinion on the development of the Malaysian Mandarin study. This paper proposes the research on Malaysia Mandarin needs to be integrated into the broader scope of Chinese linguistic study, both illustrating the diversities of different regional Mandarins on the synchronic scope, and the manifold developments in the formation of modern Mandarin on the diachronic scope.