English Prepositions Explained
出版时间
2010-08-10
ISBN
9789027211743
评分
This completely revised and expanded edition of English Prepositions Explained (EPE), originally published in 1998, covers approximately 100 simple, compound, and phrasal English prepositions of space and time – with the focus being on short prepositions such as at, by, in, and on. Its target readership includes teachers of ESOL, pre-service translators and interpreters, undergraduates in English linguistics programs, studious advanced learners and users of English, and anyone who is inquisitive about the English language. The overall aim is to explain how and why meaning changes when one preposition is swapped for another in the same context. While retaining most of the structure of the original, this edition says more about more prepositions. It includes many more figures – virtually all new. The exposition draws on recent research, and is substantially founded on evidence from digitalized corpora, including frequency data. EPE gives information and insights that will not be found in dictionaries and grammar handbooks.
- 本书基于认知语言学理论，深入剖析介词从空间原意到抽象隐喻的演变逻辑，解释为何不同介词在相同语境下会产生意义差异，帮助读者理解语言背后的思维机制。
- 内容涵盖约100个简单、复合及短语介词，重点解析at, by, in, on等高频短介词，通过大量图示和例句，清晰展示介词在时间、空间及抽象关系中的具体用法和细微区别。
- 作者采用系统对比方法，纠正传统字典式罗列的弊端，从意象图式角度梳理介词用法，虽然部分解释存在争议，但整体提供了极具启发性的视角，适合深度探究英语语法本质。
- 适合英语高级学习者、语言学本科生及翻译专业学生，旨在满足对英语介词深层逻辑有强烈好奇心，希望超越应试语法，深入理解母语者思维模式的读者群体。
- 适合ESOL教师及语言研究者，作为教学参考或学术研究的辅助资料，帮助教师更准确地解释介词用法，避免机械记忆，提升语言教学的科学性和准确性。
- 不适合英语初学者或仅追求快速应试技巧的读者，书中内容理论性强且部分解释晦涩，需要读者具备扎实的英语基础和对语言现象进行深度思考的能力与耐心。
- 阅读时需保持批判性思维，书中部分隐喻解释可能显得牵强或不符合直觉，建议辩证看待，不要盲目全盘接受，遇到存疑之处可结合其他权威语法书进行交叉验证。
- 不要试图逐字逐句通读全书，建议将其作为工具书使用，仅在遇到具体介词困惑时查阅相关章节，重点阅读图示和核心例句，避免陷入繁琐的理论推导和无效信息。
- 书中排版较为粗糙且无练习题，读者需自行整理笔记，将书中抽象的理论解释转化为具体的使用规则，切勿依赖此书作为唯一的介词学习来源，需结合大量真实语料进行验证。
- 读者普遍认为这是市面上最好的介词专著之一，其基于认知语言学的解释框架具有极高的信服力和启发性，能解答许多传统语法书无法解释的深层疑问，值得反复研读。
- 尽管部分读者批评书中存在排版错误、逻辑混乱或解释牵强的问题，但大多数人仍认可其核心价值，认为其提供的意象分析和系统梳理远超普通字典，对提升语感有显著帮助。
- 共识指出该书不适合初学者，也不适合作为应试工具书，其价值在于满足对语言本质的好奇心，读者反馈显示，即使无法完全认同所有观点，其独特的分析视角也极具教育意义。
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成，不等同于全文精读。
- "9.2.3 A variation from the basic meaning: Keep from …-ing In expressions such as stop from and keep from, the meaning of from is particularly interesting. For example, at first sight it may be difficult to see how from in (75) and (76) can mean, ⭕→. (75) I keep away from the dog just in case what sh"
- "(24) a. Three unidentified persons…robbed him of his money. …… The history of of in these constructions is particularly complex: of appears to be a rendition into Middle English of the Old English genitive of privation."
- "But, in addition to the general points already made, it may help to remember that perfective UP rarely collocates with multi-syllabic, Latinate verbs (e.g. ×nationalize up the industries)."
- "Take care OF sb: Here, care (~ ‘worry’) was a bad thing, and so if somebody had it, and you took it, you were being kind."
显示全部
Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism
Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology
Noun Valency
Subtitling Norms for Television
Constraints on Displacement
From Polysemy to Semantic Change