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Aspectual and idiomatic properties of the particle on in Late Modern Spoken English 晚期现代英语口语中助词on的体位和习惯特征

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/topling-2016-0005

Ljubica Leone

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引用次数: 2

A cross cultural analysis of conjuncts as indicators of the interaction and negotiation of meaning in research articles 连词作为研究文章中意义交互和协商指标的跨文化分析

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/topling-2016-0004

Renata Povolná

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引用次数: 12

Bipolar Items 双项

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/topling-2016-0009

S. Nishiguchi

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Conceptual metaphors in Ukrainian prime ministers’ discourse involving renewables 乌克兰总理话语中的概念隐喻涉及可再生能源

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/topling-2015-0007

Oleksandr (Alexander) Kapranov

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引用次数: 3

Towards an integrated corpus stylistics 走向综合语料库文体学

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/topling-2015-0011

D. McIntyre

引用次数: 12

Representations of Ebola and its victims in liberal American newspapers 美国自由派报纸对埃博拉及其受害者的报道

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/topling-2015-0009

Dita Trčková

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引用次数: 20

Je ne suis pas Charlie. Metadiscourses of impoliteness following “France’s 9/11” in selected print media 我不喜欢查理。“法国9/11事件”后的不礼貌元话语在选定的印刷媒体上

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/topling-2015-0010

Milan Ferenčík

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Stereotypes in Czech phraseology. Nations and ethnic groups 捷克语中的刻板印象。国家和族裔群体

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/TOPLING-2015-0008

Enrique Gutiérrez Rubio

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The degree of grammaticalization of gotta, gonna, wanna and better: A corpus study gotta, gonna, wanna和better的语法化程度:语料库研究

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/topling-2015-0005

D. Machová

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Translating the representation of the tourist landscape: A corpus-based study 基于语料库的旅游景观表征翻译研究

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Topics in Linguistics Pub Date : 2015-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/topling-2015-0004

S. Gandin

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