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From X to Y: Anatomy of a Constructional Pattern 从X到Y:结构模式的剖析

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI: 10.28914//atlantis-2021-43.2.02

Javier Valenzuela

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The Role of Internationalization and English as a Lingua Franca in English-Medium Instruction in Higher Education 国际化与英语作为通用语在高等教育英语教学中的作用

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.2.12

J. Ament

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On the Rise and Diffusion of New Intensifiers: This and That in Some Asian Varieties of English 新强化词的兴起与扩散:亚洲英语变体的这与那

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.2.03

J. Calle-Martín, Juan Lorente-Sánchez

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Syllable Structure Effects in Word Recognition by Spanish- and German-Speaking Second Language Learners of English 音节结构对西班牙语和德语第二语言英语学习者词汇识别的影响

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.2.01

M. Martínez-García

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Family Secrets and Narrative Structure in Celeste Ng's Everything I Never Told You 吴绮莉《我从未告诉你的一切》中的家庭秘密与叙事结构

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-23 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.2.09

Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz

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Virality, Slipperiness and Challenges: Adaptation Studies and/on the Contemporary Anglophone Stage 病毒式传播、滑溜性和挑战:适应研究和/在当代英语国家阶段

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.1.13

Maria Elena Capitani

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Literary Primatology: Reading Primatology in Ape Fiction 文学灵长类学:阅读类人猿小说中的灵长类学

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.1.01

Diana Villanueva-Romero

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Ectogenesis and Representations of Future Motherings in Helen Sedgwick’s The Growing Season 海伦·塞奇威克《生长季节》中胚胎发生与未来母亲的表现

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.1.04

Jessica Aliaga-Lavrijsen

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The Ethics of Care in the No Fire Zone: Anuk Arudpragasam’s The Story of a Brief Marriage 无火区的关怀伦理:Anuk Arudpragasam的《一段短暂婚姻的故事

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2021-43.1.05

Isabel Alonso-Breto

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Guilt, Greed and Remorse: Manifestations of the Anglo-Irish Other in J. S. Le Fanu’s “Madame Crowl’s Ghost” and “Green Tea” 内疚、贪婪与悔恨:j·s·勒法努《克劳夫人的鬼魂》与《绿茶》中盎格鲁-爱尔兰他者的表现

Atlantis. Journal of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-23 DOI: 10.28914/atlantis-2020-42.2.12

Richard Jorge Fernández

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