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Functions and distribution of determiners in Old English genitive noun phrases 古英语属名词短语中限定词的功能及分布

Brno Studies in English Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5817/bse2022-1-2

Valeria Giofré

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Inexplicit reported speakers in hard news : text, discourse and genre perspective 硬新闻中的隐性引语:语篇、语篇和体裁视角

Brno Studies in English Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5817/bse2022-2-3

Zuzana Nádraská

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Rethinking inspirations for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein : a new look at the case of the Silesian gravediggers' scandal of 1606 重新思考玛丽·雪莱《弗兰肯斯坦》的灵感:1606年西里西亚掘墓人丑闻的新视角

Brno Studies in English Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5817/bse2022-1-9

P. Kaptur

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J. M. Coetzee’s Foe : a narrative of dislocation through assimilation j·m·库切的《敌人》:一种通过同化而产生的错位叙事

Brno Studies in English Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5817/bse2022-1-12

Sara Saei Dibavar, Pyeaam Abbasi, Hossein Pirnajmuddin

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The Divine Cities by Robert Jackson Bennett : analysis of speculative fiction as a vehicle for changing the mind and the world 罗伯特·杰克逊·班尼特的《神圣之城》:分析投机小说作为改变思想和世界的工具

Brno Studies in English Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5817/bse2022-2-6

Tereza Dědinová