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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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Disability stylistics: An illustration based on Pew in Stevenson’s Treasure Island 残疾文体学：基于皮尤的史蒂文森金银岛插图

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221122101

Rodney Hermeston

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Functions of dialogue in (television) drama: A case study of Indigenous-authored television narratives 对话在(电视)剧中的功能:以原住民创作的电视叙事为例

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221096601

M. Bednarek, Liza-Mare Syron

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The creation of Chinese personae in Steinbeck’s fiction 斯坦贝克小说中中国人角色的塑造

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-08-17 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221115033

Shu Zeng

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Contemporary present-tense fiction: Crossing boundaries in narrative 当代现在时小说:跨越叙事边界

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-08-15 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221117674

Reiko Ikeo

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Panoramic social minds: Social minds manipulations in ‘A Mother’ 全景社会心理:《一位母亲》中的社会心理操纵

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Language and Literature Pub Date : 2022-08-02 DOI: 10.1177/09639470221114718

Zhijun Zhang, Shisheng Liu

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