As a classical treatise on motivations that compel human beings initiate and engage in any undertaking, Kenneth Burke unfolds a systematic elaboration on "basic forms of through which, in accordance with the nature of the world as all men necessarily experience it, are exemplified in the attributing of motives. These forms of though can be embodied profoundly or trivially, trut...(展开全部)

As critic, Kenneth Burke's preoccupations were at the beginning purely esthetic and literary; but after Counter-Statement (1931), he began to discriminate a "rhetorical" or persuasive component in literature, and thereupon became a philosopher of language and human conduct. In A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950), Burke's conception of "symbolic action" ...(展开全部)

赵元任（1892.11.3—1982.2.24），汉族，字宣仲，又字宜重，原籍江苏武进（今常州）。清朝著名诗人赵翼后人。现代著名学者、语言学家、音乐家。 赵元任先后任教于美国康乃尔大学、哈佛大学、中国清华大学、中央研究院史语所、美国夏威夷大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学、密歇根大学，1947-1963年任教于加州大学伯克利分校并在伯克利退休。赵元任先后获美国普林斯顿大学（1946）、加州大学（1962）、俄亥俄州立大学（1970）荣誉博士学位，加州大学“教授研究讲师”（1967），北京大学荣誉教授（1981）。 赵元任是中国现代语言学先驱，被誉为“中国现代语言学之父”，同时也是中国现代音乐学之先驱，“中国科学社”的创始人之一。其语言学代表作有《现代吴语的研究》《中国话的文法》《国语留声片课本》等，音乐方面的代表作有《教我如何不想她》《海韵》《厦门大学校歌》等...(展开全部)

赵元任（1892.11.3—1982.2.24），汉族，字宣仲，又字宜重，原籍江苏武进（今常州）。清朝著名诗人赵翼后人。现代著名学者、语言学家、音乐家。 赵元任先后任教于美国康乃尔大学、哈佛大学、中国清华大学、中央研究院史语所、美国夏威夷大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学、密歇根大学，1947-1963年任教于加州大学伯克利分校并在伯克利退休。赵元任先后获美国普林斯顿大学（1946）、加州大学（1962）、俄亥俄州立大学（1970）荣誉博士学位，加州大学“教授研究讲师”（1967），北京大学荣誉教授（1981）。 赵元任是中国现代语言学先驱，被誉为“中国现代语言学之父”，同时也是中国现代音乐学之先驱，“中国科学社”的创始人之一。其语言学代表作有《现代吴语的研究》《中国话的文法》《国语留声片课本》等，音乐方面的代表作有《教我如何不想她》《海韵》《厦门大学校歌》等...(展开全部)

A Reference Grammar of Chinese is a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the linguistic structure of Chinese, covering all of the important linguistic features of the language and incorporating insights gained from research in Chinese linguistics over the past thirty years. With contributions from twenty-two leading Chinese linguists, this authoritative guide uses large-scale ...(展开全部)

A Communicative Grammar of English was first published in 1975, since then the book has established itself as a grammar innovative in approach, reliable in coverage, and clear in its explanations. It is now available in this fully revised and redesigned third edition to provide up-to-date and accessible help to teachers, advanced learners and undergraduates students of English....(展开全部)

An indispensable store of information on the English language, written by some of the best-known grammarians in the world.

伦道夫・夸克爵士现任伦敦大学名誉副校长，曾为伦敦奎因大学英语教授和伦敦高校英语用法调查创始人。英语论著颇多。 西德尼・戈林鲍姆现任伦敦奎因大学英语教授和英语用 法调查主任，曾在美国多所大学任英语教授10多年。英语论著颇多。 杰弗里・利奇现为英国兰开斯特大学语言学和现代英语教授，致力于英语用法调查20多年。近来从事现代英语语料微机分析。英语论著颇多。 简・斯瓦特威克现任英国伦敦大学英语教授兼该校英语口语调查主任。英语论著颇多。

A Communicative Grammar of English was first published in 1975, since then the book has established itself as a grammar innovative in approach, reliable in coverage, and clear in its explanations. It is now available in this fully revised and redesigned third edition to provide up-to-date and accessible help to teachers, advanced learners and undergraduates students of English....(展开全部)