圖書標籤: 語言  原版  曆史  2011   

喜歡 The Story of English 的讀者還喜歡

It is an ideal British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimate and the most public services everywhere. We call it the English language ..

It is an ideal British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimate and the most public services everywhere. We call it the English language ..

It is an ideal British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimate and the most public services everywhere. We call it the English language ..

It is an ideal British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimate and the most public services everywhere. We call it the English language ..

It is an ideal British product, ‘needing no workers and no work, no assembly lines and no assembly, no spare parts and very little servicing, it is used for the most intimate and the most public services everywhere. We call it the English language ..

其实翻译的水平还是可以的，这本书也是英语史著作中最通俗的一本，David Crystal也推荐过。不过有点Anglo-saxon中心论。我更喜欢John Mcwhorter的野史版。  

*** 由于英语的“入侵”，瑞典出现了瑞典式英语（Swinglish）， 如Bye-bye变成了Baj baj， 瑞典也有人责怪英语“腐蚀了”瑞典语，作者说：人们总是因为社会的变化，归咎语言的变化。喊着英语电视节目入侵的那些人，或许是在发泄对于瑞典社会发展变化的不满。“抱怨语言就和抱怨...  

正如该书的前言所说，现在很多人都在学习英语，但是真正为英语而“英语”的人却并不多。换言之，更多的人是处于功利的态度来学习，而不是把英语当成个人的爱好，从语言学习中感受到各个文化之间的差异。 所以，很多人往往在学了N年的英语之后仍然不知英语究竟为何物，除了死记...  

正如该书的前言所说，现在很多人都在学习英语，但是真正为英语而“英语”的人却并不多。换言之，更多的人是处于功利的态度来学习，而不是把英语当成个人的爱好，从语言学习中感受到各个文化之间的差异。 所以，很多人往往在学了N年的英语之后仍然不知英语究竟为何物，除了死记...  

*** 由于英语的“入侵”，瑞典出现了瑞典式英语（Swinglish）， 如Bye-bye变成了Baj baj， 瑞典也有人责怪英语“腐蚀了”瑞典语，作者说：人们总是因为社会的变化，归咎语言的变化。喊着英语电视节目入侵的那些人，或许是在发泄对于瑞典社会发展变化的不满。“抱怨语言就和抱怨...