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Ethnicity and Social Critique in Tony Hilleman’s Crime Fiction 托尼·希勒曼犯罪小说中的种族与社会批判
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0008
Šárka Bubíková
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引用次数: 1
Louise Erdrich’s Place in American Literature: Narrative Innovation in Love Medicine 路易斯·厄德里奇在美国文学中的地位:爱情医学的叙事创新
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0007
Richard T. Stock
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引用次数: 1
A Journey Beyond Reality: Poetic Prose and Lush Imagery in Tanith Lee’s Night’s Master 超越现实的旅程:塔尼斯·李的《夜之主》中的诗意散文与华丽意象
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0004
Barbora Vinczeová
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引用次数: 1
Functions of Expressions of Futurality in Professional Economic Texts 经济学专业文本中未来性表达的功能
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0010
M. Mikulas
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引用次数: 0
Other Spaces of the Empire: A Colonial Hotel in J.G. Farrell’s Troubles 帝国的其他空间:J.G.法雷尔的麻烦中的殖民酒店
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0003
T. Parezanović
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引用次数: 1
Assimilating American Indians in James Fenimore Cooper’s Novels? 在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀的小说中同化美洲印第安人?
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0006
M. Peprník
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引用次数: 0
“The True Forme of Love”: Transforming the Petrarchan Tradition in the Poetry of Lady Mary Wroth (1587–1631) “爱的真正形式”:玛丽·沃斯女士(1587-1631)诗歌中彼特拉克传统的转变
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0001
Tomáš Jajtner
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引用次数: 1
Magical Realism in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline 尼尔·盖曼的《鬼妈妈》中的魔幻现实主义
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0005
S. Hosseinpour, Nahid Shahbazi Department of English Language and Literature, Sem
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引用次数: 4
Cross-Cultural Variation in the Use of Hedges and Boosters in Academic Discourse 学术语篇中限制语和促进语使用的跨文化差异
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2016-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0009
Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova
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引用次数: 23
Hedging in Political Discourse: Evidence from the Speeches of King Abdullah II of Jordan 政治话语中的模棱两可:来自约旦国王阿卜杜拉二世演讲的证据
Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2015-07-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0009
Ghaleb Rabab’ah, Ronza Abu Rumman
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引用次数: 11
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