《时间机器》始终以*人称进行叙事，因此读者始终以接近受述者的地位存在，两者之间的心理距离始终得到弱化。值得注意的是，这其中也存在一个级次问题，即读者先听到叙述者 我 的叙述声音，接着听到时间旅行家的叙述声音，*后又听到 我 的叙述声音。这个级次的转换是借助无名叙述者 我 来实现的。 我 的*人称叙述明显意味着时间旅行家的神奇经历他是亲耳所闻，也就是说，他当时是 在场 的，而这位 牵涉其中的叙述者 的在场，使得读者得以跟随他的叙述如同身临时间旅行家家中。从这个意义上讲，无名叙述者 我 构成读者和时间旅行家发生关系的桥梁，正是借助这位不知名的 我 ，时间旅行家的叙述声音有了言说向度，读者参与意识或曰 在场 意识得到进一步强化，对时间旅行家的讲述也就更有可能感同身受。同时，两位叙述者叙述过程中明显的自我意识
Originally published as two distinct collections, "Depraved andInsulting English" brings to light the language's most offensiveand obscene words--words that have fallen out of today's lexiconbut will no doubt delight, amuse, and in some cases provesurprisingly useful. Who hasn't searched for the right word todescribe a colleague's maschalephidrosis (runaway armpitperspiration) or a boss's pleonexia (insane greed)? And what betterway is there to insult the scombroid landlord (resembling amackerel) or that tumbrel of a brother-in-law (a person who isdrunk to the point of vomiting) than by calling him by his rightfulname? A compact compendium of ingenious words for anyone who's beentongue-tied, flabbergasted, or dumbfounded, "Depraved and InsultingEnglish" supplies the appropriate vocabulary for any occasion. Wordlovers, chronic insulters, berayers, bescumbers, and bespewers needfear no more--finding the correct word to wow your friends orsilence your enemies just got a whole lot easier.
This is the book on all of Tolkien's invented languages,spoken by hobbits, elves, and men of Middle-earth -- a dicitonaryof fourteen languages, an English-Elvish glossary, all the runesand alphabets, and material on Tolkien the linguist.
