Harry Potter booksare great successes, enjoyed by readers' all over the world. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the debut of the sequel books, which is about magic and the magical life a little boy-...Harry Potter booksare great successes, enjoyed by readers' all over the world. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the debut of the sequel books, which is about magic and the magical life a little boy-Harry Potter, a born wizard. People are always curious and eager to discover the secrets of magic, to meet the end of the heroes' fates, but not many of them pay attention to the book's language. Actually, I think it is the skillful use and application of language that make the book outstanding. Therefore, this paper mainly discussesthe language features of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone from these four as-pects: speech sounds, choice of vocabulary, sentence structures and figures of speech, aiming at exploring and revealing the charmsof the magic book.展开更多
文摘Harry Potter booksare great successes, enjoyed by readers' all over the world. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the debut of the sequel books, which is about magic and the magical life a little boy-Harry Potter, a born wizard. People are always curious and eager to discover the secrets of magic, to meet the end of the heroes' fates, but not many of them pay attention to the book's language. Actually, I think it is the skillful use and application of language that make the book outstanding. Therefore, this paper mainly discussesthe language features of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone from these four as-pects: speech sounds, choice of vocabulary, sentence structures and figures of speech, aiming at exploring and revealing the charmsof the magic book.
