In this article, we discuss the current status of ecolinguistics and key issues in the field regarding the positioning of ecolinguistics, and the research objects, aims and methodologies in studies conducted under the label of “ecolinguistics” or “language ecology” (Section 2). Having discussed the inconsistencies and problems in these studies, we present a naturalized view of language from a distributed language perspective (DLP) which has the potential to contribute to a new understanding of the research object in ecolinguistics (Section 3). Under this new understanding of the nature of language and ecology, we propose possible research topics to be explored and potential methodologies to be adopted in ecolinguistics (Section 4). From a distributed understanding of language, ecology, and the research domain and methodologies proposed for future ecolinguistic studies, we argue that ecolinguistics is both an alternative to linguistics and a branch of ecology (Section 5). Future work is needed to explore the research domain proposed for ecolinguistics here, and multidisciplinary cooperation is necessary for the future development of the field.

在本文中，我们讨论了生态语言学的现状和该领域中有关生态语言学的定位的关键问题，以及以“生态语言学”或“语言生态学”标签进行的研究的研究对象，目的和方法（第2节） 。在讨论了这些研究中的矛盾和问题之后，我们从分布式语言观点（DLP）提出了一种自然的语言观点，它有可能有助于对生态语言学研究对象的新理解（第3节）。在对语言和生态学本质的新理解下，我们提出了可能探索的研究主题以及在生态语言学中可能采用的潜在方法（第4节）。通过对语言，生态的分布式理解，以及为将来的生态语言研究提出的研究领域和方法论，我们认为生态语言既是语言学的替代品，又是生态学的一个分支（第5节）。需要进一步的工作来探索这里为生态学提出的研究领域，而多学科合作对于该领域的未来发展是必要的。