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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221140693

K. O'Halloran

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Book Reviews: We-Narratives: Collective Storytelling in Contemporary Fiction 书评:《自叙事:当代小说中的集体叙事》

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-02-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470231152294

Naomi Adam

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‘As the title implies’: How readers talk about titles in Amazon book reviews “正如书名所暗示的”:读者如何在亚马逊书评中谈论书名

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221147788

Sara Bartl, E. Lahey

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A new approach to the stylistic analysis of humour 幽默文体分析的新方法

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-12 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221138397

Alice E. Haines

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30 years of Language and Literature 语言文学三十年

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221134379

D. McIntyre, Rocío Montoro

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‘Stylistics will never become boring’: An interview with Paul Simpson “文体永远不会变得无聊”：保罗·辛普森访谈录

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221134380

Sandrine Sorlin

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Broadening horizons: An interview with Geoff Hall 拓宽视野:对杰夫·霍尔的采访

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221134381

V. Sotirova

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‘If you’re going to do something that’s new and different in an area that hasn’t been looked at much before, you probably need to start with something not too complex’: An interview with Mick Short 在接受米克·肖特(Mick Short)采访时表示:“如果你要在一个以前没有人关注过的领域做一些新的、不同的事情，你可能需要从一些不太复杂的事情开始。

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221134382

Dan K. McIntyre

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‘There was all this terminology proliferating and the students needed to know precise terms, not vague or impressionistic ones’: An interview with Katie Wales “所有这些术语都在激增，学生们需要知道准确的术语，而不是模糊或印象主义的术语。

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221134383

D. McIntyre

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The year’s work in stylistics 2021 2021年文体学年度工作

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221134377

Hazel Price

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