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The Concept of the Relative Adjective 关系形容词的概念

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2014-0018

S. Vinogradova

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引用次数: 3

The Flavour of Murder: Food and Crime in the Novels of Agatha Christie 《谋杀的味道:阿加莎·克里斯蒂小说中的食物与犯罪

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2014-0016

S. Baučeková

引用次数: 2

Historical Fiction as a Mixture of History and Romance: Towards the Genre Definition of the Historical Novel 历史小说是历史与浪漫的结合体——历史小说的体裁界定

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pjes-2014-0014

Ladislav Nagy

引用次数: 3

Holistic Linguistics: Anthropocentric Foundations and the Functional-Cognitive Paradigm 整体语言学:人类中心主义基础与功能认知范式

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0008

Elena Tyurkan (Belichenko)

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引用次数: 0

Unravelling the Body/Mind Reverberations of Secrets Woven into Charlotte Brontë’s Villette 解开编织在夏洛特Brontë的维莱特的秘密的身体/心灵回响

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2015-0002

Francisco José Cortés Vieco

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引用次数: 0

Two Pole-Vaulters of Their Times: The Poetry of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, and Irving Layton 两位时代的撑杆跳运动员:约翰·威尔莫特、罗切斯特伯爵和欧文·雷顿的诗歌

Prague Journal of English Studies Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2016-0002

Elena Sánchez Hernández

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