小说《麦田里的守望者》是杰罗姆·塞林格的代表作,该小说讲述了中学生霍尔顿在纽约大街上游荡三天两夜的生活经历,展现了二战后美国青年所遭遇的精神困惑与价值观问题。《麦田里的守望者》的成功之处就在于它成功再现了美国青少年的语言风格,实现了人物与语言的完美结合,形成了个性化的“霍尔顿式语言”。本文从反传统的语言风格、风趣幽默的语言特点、象征性的语言意象等出发,分析了小说《麦田里的守望者》的语言特色。 The novel Catcher in the Rye is the masterpiece of Jerome Salinger, a book about Holden’s wandering three days and two nights living on New York’s High Street, showing the spirit of American youth after World War II Confusion and values ​​issues. The success of “Catcher in the Rye” is that it succeeded in reproducing the language style of American teenagers, realizing the perfect combination of characters and languages ​​and forming a personalized “Holden language.” This article analyzes the language features of the Catcher in the Rye, starting from the anti-traditional language style, the humorous language features and the symbolic language image.