《批评的剖析》是神话原型批评的巅峰之作。20世纪50年代，加拿大学者弗莱(Northrop Frye)从文化和文学角度对“原型”作进一步深入阐释，发展出一套更加系统完整的原型理论。在书中，他揭示了文学对应于神话的内在结构，试图给予文学批评以独立的地位，使文学批评具有方法论原则和自然科学的连贯性，并多层面地研究了西方文学的原型图式结构。

Kidnapping, attempted assassination, espionage! not the answers you'd expect to the question 'what happens when you become a linguist'? But now, reflecting on a long and hugely successful career at the forefront of the field of English Language and Linguistics, David Crystal answers this question and offers us a special look behind the scenes at the adventures, rewards, challenges and pitfalls of his life in language. Both an autobiography and a highly accessible introduction to the field of linguistics, "Just a Phrase I'm Going Through" illuminates and entertains us with its many insights into the ever-fascinating subject of language. David Crystal is synonymous with language, both as a great populariser and linguistic pioneer, and his contribution to the field is unparalleled. This is a book not just for students and teachers but for all lovers of language.

内容简介
作者在传统语法理论的基础上，汇
集了当代语法学科的最新成果，按
照语法的内在规律和读者的认识规
律，采取由简到繁、循序递进、层层
扩展、互参对比、逐步深化的方式，把
纷繁的内容编得条理明晰，通俗易
懂。本书取例，以口语体的实例为
主，以词、短语、分句的形式为分类
依据，在理论和方法上，博采众长，不
偏一家之论，因此，比较圆满地解决
了英语语法研究中不少长期未决的
问题。

1518年，葡萄牙海盗在地中海上抓捕了一位北非外交官，他叫哈桑·瓦桑，来自菲斯，正奉苏丹之命出使土耳其。这是海盗们头一次抓到身份如此显赫的穆斯林，如获至宝，将他敬献给教皇利奥十世。哈桑·瓦桑被关押在罗马圣天使堡。一年多后，他表示愿意改变自幼抱持的信仰，皈依基督教。教皇亲自施洗，并为他改名约安尼斯·利奥。改变信仰大概只是哈桑/利奥为获自由的权宜之计。在意大利生活九年之后，他销声匿迹，很可能伺机回到了他成长和热爱的北非伊斯兰世界。
滞留意大利期间，哈桑/利奥以基督教世界的欧洲读者为对象，撰写了一部《非洲寰宇地理志》，回忆和记录自己早年出使埃及、土耳其、撒哈拉沙漠以南非洲各地的见闻经历。这是中世纪欧洲的第一部非洲地理志，出版后风靡一时，甚至塑造了此后数百年间欧洲人对非洲和伊斯兰世界的认识。
在本书中，著名新文化史家娜塔莉·泽蒙·戴维斯利用手抄本、档案和同时代人物的著述等种种资料，对哈桑/利奥这一身处16世纪两大对立思想世界的夹缝之中的历史人物，进行了前所未有的深入研究。
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“博学而富有想象力……因其新锐的史学技艺，戴维斯教授已成为当今最优秀的历史学家中的标杆性人物。她能从乏善可陈的档案材料中开掘发人深省的洞见，她在人类学和文本批评方面的技巧堪称出神入化，她擅长从个别历史人物的人生与经历中提炼广泛的历史认识，这一切都使得戴维斯教授堪称当世最有影响力的历史学家。”——The New York Sun

"Greek Buddha" shows how Buddhism shaped the philosophy of Pyrrho, the famous founder of Pyrrhonian scepticism in ancient Greece. Identifying Pyrrho's basic teachings with those of Early Buddhism, Christopher I. Beckwith traces the origins of a major tradition in Greek philosophy to Gandh?ra, a country in Central Asia and northwestern India.
Pyrrho of Elis accompanied Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the Graeco-Macedonian invasion and conquest of the Persian Empire in 334-324 BC, and while there met with teachers of Early Buddhism, a philosophy that Beckwith analyzes in depth. Using a range of primary sources, he systematically looks at the teachings and practices of Pyrrho and of Early Buddhism, including those preserved in testimonies by and about Pyrrho, in the report on Indian philosophy two decades later by the Seleucid ambassador Megasthenes, in the first-person edicts by the Indian king Dev?n priya Priyadar?i referring to a popular variety of the Dharma in the early third century BC, and in Taoist echoes of Gautama's Dharma in Warring States China. Beckwith demonstrates how the teachings of Pyrrho agree closely with those of the Buddha kyamuni, "the Scythian Sage." In the process, he identifies eight distinct attested philosophical schools in ancient northwestern India and Central Asia, including Early Zoroastrianism, Early Brahmanism, and several forms of Early Buddhism. Beckwith then shows the influence that Pyrrho's brand of scepticism had on the evolution of Western thought, first in Antiquity, and later, during the Enlightenment, on the great philosopher and self-proclaimed "Pyrrhonian," David Hume.

"Greek Buddha" demonstrates that through Pyrrho, Early Buddhist thought had a significant impact on Western philosophy.

Within the canon of European photography books it would be difficult to find one more famous, revered and influential as Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment, wrote Jeffrey Ladd in Time LightBox, in a feature on Steidl's new edition of this ultimate photobook classic. Originally published in 1952, this collection of Cartier-Bresson's best work from his early years was embellished with a collage cover by Henri Matisse. The book has since influenced generations of photographers, while its English title defined the notion of the famous peak in which all elements in the photographic frame accumulate to form the perfect image--not the moment of the height of the action, necessarily, but the formal, visual peak. This new publication--the first and only reprint since the original 1952 edition--is a meticulous facsimile of the original book that launched the artist to international fame, with an additional booklet on the history of The Decisive Moment by Centre Pompidou curator Clément Chéroux.
Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was born in Chantelou-en-Brie, France. He initially studied painting and began photographing in the 1930s. Cartier-Bresson cofounded Magnum in 1947. In the late 1960s he returned to his original passion, drawing. In 2003 Cartier-Bresson established the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris, one year before his death.

"Professor Machan explores for the first time fully a new dimension in the understanding of the role of the English language in medieval England. He is rigorous and sceptical in his examination of assumptions that have come to be too easily accepted - about the rise of 'standard' English, about 'linguistic nationalism', about the role of Lollardy in fostering the vernacular, about the intrinsic funniness of regional dialects. He uses literary texts well, and offers, from his particular linguistic vantage-point, new and compelling interpretations of the dialect northernisms in Chaucer's Reeve's Tale and of the subtleties of the 'sociolect' of courtly love-conversation in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Derek Pearsall , Harvard University What did people in England in the Middle Ages think about language? What was their view of English, French, and Latin, and how did this influence the way they communicated? This book uses these questions as a basis for a ground-breaking investigation into the use and status of the English language in medieval England. Professor Machan suggests that many linguistic, literary, and historical considerations of medieval statements on language have significantly failed to take into account the social and linguistic contexts of their production. In this volume he explores not only medieval ideas about language but also the discursive traditions which generated them. English in the Middle Ages draws upon a wide range of documentary evidence, including most notably the royal letters issued in 1258 prior to the Barons' War. The author also analyses the language spoken by Chaucer's pilgrims, the conversations in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', and many other chronicles, poems, and commentaries. The book concludes with a consideration of the post-medieval history of the status of English in law, literature, and education. The book will interest scholars from a range of disciplines - particularly linguistics, literature, and history - and is written in clear, non-technical language.

This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. About 200-400 speakers live in the cities of Port Moresby, Wewak, Lae, and Madang; and a few live in Kokopo and Mount Hagen. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork. After an introductory account of the language and its speakers, Professor Aikhenvald devotes chapters to phonology, grammatical relations, word classes, gender, semantics, number, case, possession, derivation and compounding, pronouns, morphology, verbs, mood and modality, negation, clauses, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, the lexicon, current directions of change, and genetic relationship to other languages. The description is presented in a clear style in a framework that will be comprehensible to all linguists and linguistic anthropologists.

Sweepingly ambitious, The Oxford History of Western Music will illuminate, through a representative sampling of masterworks, those themes, styles, and currents that give shape and direction to each musical age. Taking a critical perspective that challenges the received wisdom of the field,
Richard Taruskin sets the details of music, the chronological sweep of figures, works, and musical ideas, within the larger context of world affairs and cultural history.
Written by an authoritative, opinionated, and controversial figure in musicology, The Oxford History of Western Music provides a critical aesthetic position with respect to individual works, a context in which each composition may be evaluated and remembered. Taruskin combines an emphasis on
structure and form with a discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in each age, to illustrate how the music itself works, and how contemporaries heard and understood it. It also describes how the context of each stylistic period-key cultural, historical, social, economic, and scientific
events-influenced and directed compositional choices. Unlike earlier surveys, Taruskin provides greater attention to the full range of 20th century music, including American music as part of the mainstream tradition of western music, women in music, and popular musics.
The main five volumes are filled with helpful illustrations that enhance the historical context of musical composition, as well as musical examples and black-and-white pictures throughout. The sixth volume provides a comprehensive chronology, further reading and other source material, and an index
to the entire set.
Laced with brilliant observations, memorable musical analysis, and a panoramic sense of the interactions between history, culture, politics, art, literature, religion, and music, The Oxford History of Western Music will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand this rich and diverse
tradition. Pre-publication price until 12/31/04. $699.00 thereafter.

From the bestselling author of The Theoretical Minimum, a DIY introduction to the math and science of quantum physics
First he taught you classical mechanics. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind has teamed up with data engineer Art Friedman to present the theory and associated mathematics of the strange world of quantum mechanics.
In this follow-up to The Theoretical Minimum, Susskind and Friedman provide a lively introduction to this famously difficult field, which attempts to understand the behavior of sub-atomic objects through mathematical abstractions. Unlike other popularizations that shy away from quantum mechanics’ weirdness, Quantum Mechanics embraces the utter strangeness of quantum logic. The authors offer crystal-clear explanations of the principles of quantum states, uncertainty and time dependence, entanglement, and particle and wave states, among other topics, and each chapter includes exercises to ensure mastery of each area. Like The Theoretical Minimum, this volume runs parallel to Susskind’s eponymous Stanford University-hosted continuing education course.
An approachable yet rigorous introduction to a famously difficult topic, Quantum Mechanics provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace.

长期以来我们都认为，美国革命是对英王暴政的反抗。而在这部发覆之作中，埃里克·纳尔逊却指出，“美国国父”中的相当一部分人事实上将自己视为英国议会而非王权的反叛者，驱动他们的是这样一种观念——英国议会僭用了国王独有的专权。在1787年制定美国宪法时，正是上述这些“王权派”投身于论战中，主张将极大的专权赋予行政首脑。而他们所取得的战果是，美国宪法赋予其总统的权力要比此前一百年间任何一个英国国王所能行使的权力还要大。

在二次世界大战时期的美国人看来，太平洋彼岸的岛国日本生活着一群“小男人”。这些人时而恭顺，时而好战，是原始人、幼童和疯子的综合体。
相反，在日本看来美国才是威胁亚洲的魔鬼和野兽。日本作为神选之民，有责任带领亚洲其他国家抗击列强，吊民伐罪。
种族主义一旦成为战争工具，其威力堪比任何枪炮，有过之而无不及。在精心设计的宣传策略下，种族偏见助长了暴行，暴行又煽动起更严重的种族仇恨。
虽然战争已经结束，但种族主义并未消失，反而扎根于现代社会，伺机再次燃起战火。为了将人们从种族主义和战争的恶性循环中解放，普利策奖获奖作家约翰·W. 道尔从一个崭新的角度为我们剖析并展现出了“二战”中日本和美国间的那一场“无情之战”。
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【编辑推荐】
·普利策奖获奖作者作品，《拥抱战败》姊妹篇，前美国驻日本大使推荐。
·从独特角度解读日本和美国在第二次世界大战过程中的变化与挣扎。有助于理解现代美国对华政策。
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【名家推荐】
一本里程碑意义的作品，一本日本和美国双方都需要的，有力、动人、公正的历史作品。
——约翰·托兰（John Toland）（普利策奖获奖作品《日本帝国衰亡史》作者）
美国和日本战争史上最重要和具有原创性的作品之一。
——纽约时报
战后的一代最需要的一课，行文流畅、细节丰富，充满说服力。
——埃文·O·赖晓尔（前美国驻日本大使1910—1990）

The Grammar of Knowledge offers both a linguistic and anthropological perspective on the expression of information sources, as well as inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs in a range of languages. The book investigates twelve different languages, from families including Tibeto-Burman, Nakh-Dagestani, and Austronesian, all of which share the property of requiring the source of information to be specified in every sentence. In these languages, it may not be possible to say merely that 'the man went fishing'. Instead, the source of evidence for the statement must also be specified, usually through the use of evidential markers. For example, it may be necessary to indicate whether the speaker saw the man go fishing; has simply assumed that the man went fishing; or was told that he went fishing by a third party. Some languages, such as Hinuq and Tatar, distinguish between first-hand and non first-hand information sources; others, such as Ersu, mark three distinct types of information - directly required, inferred or assumed, and reported. Some require an even greater level of specification: Ashéninka Perené, from South America, has a specific marker to express suspicions or misgivings. Like others in the series, the book illustrates and examines these aspects of language in different cultural and linguistic settings. It will interest linguists of all persuasions as well as linguistically-minded anthropologists.