Brno Studies in English

The journal publishes original research in the traditional fields English studies, i.e. linguistics, literature and translation studies.

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Vol.50,No.1 (2024)

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Fifty volumes of Brno Studies in English

5–11

Jan Chovanec
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-1

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Linguistics

Memetic drift, floating signifiers, and the jetsam of politics

13–31

Salvatore Attardo
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-2

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Metaphorical depictions of women : exploring animal metaphors in Victorian prose fiction

33–53

Liudmyla Hryzhak
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-3

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A layered taxonomy of lexical anglicisms

55–70

Aleš Klégr
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-4

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Phrasal verbs and semantic prosody in late Modern English (1750–1850) : a corpus-based study

71–86

Ljubica Leone
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-5

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Between detachment and commitment : hedging and boosting from scientific articles to university press releases

87–113

Emilia Petrocelli
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-6

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Intersubjective politeness in a Charlie Chan detective story : a case of intercultural faceWork

115–135

Dora Renna, Francesca Santulli
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-7

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Literary and cultural studies

When everything is about 9/11 : on reading contemporary fiction through 9/11 and the boundaries of the 9/11 novel

137–153

Sini Eikonsalo
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-8

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Roman Jakobson's view of realism in the light of early discussions of realist literature

155–165

Bohumil Fořt
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-9

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'The subtleties of the American joke' : Mark Twain versus Europe

167–183

Andrew L. Giarelli
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-10

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Disability and indigeneity in Moloka'i : challenging colonial paradigm of leprosy

185–200

Kristiawan Indriyanto, Ida Rochani Adi, Galant Nanta Adhitya
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-11

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Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon : ethics, individual and state secrecy

201–215

Juan L. Pérez-de-Luque
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-12

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Transforming perspectives : aging, anger, and the environment in Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel

217–233

Pavlína Studená
https://doi.org/10.5817/BSE2024-1-13

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