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The Manic Pixie Dream Girl in US YA Fiction: Introducing a Narrative Model
International Journal of Young Adult Literature, 2021 Coined in 2007 by film critic Nathan Rabin, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) is a quirky, ethereal figure who exists merely as a tool for self-actualisation and has no narrative purpose beyond that of enriching the life of an apathetic, White, male ...
Jennifer Gouck
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Praxis Filosófica, 2015 Dans cet article, nous nous proposons d’aborder le problème des universauxchez Thomas d’Aquin avec des lunettes analytiques (pour reprendre lacélèbre expression de Jonathan Barnes).
Alejandro Perez
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Expressive means of irony expression in Marcel Proust’s aphorisms
Известия Южного федерального университета: Филологические науки, 2016 The relevance of the study is determined by the lack of work on the analysis of linguistic expressive means of aphorisms by Marcel Proust. The material of the research are aphoristic sayings of ironic character found in the novels of Proust “Jean ...
Shumakova Alla Petrovna
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The Tropes of Celebrity Environmentalism [PDF]
Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2020 Celebrity advocacy for environmental causes has grown dramatically in recent decades. An examination of this expansion and the rise of causes such as climate change reveals the shifting politics and organization of advocacy. We address these changes to the construction and interpretation of celebrity advocacy and detail how they have produced a rich ...
Abidin, C. +4 more
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Analysis of Comparative Constructions as Means of Reconstructing the Author’s Consciousness
Научный диалог, 2017 One of the components of the grammatical structure of the art text - comparative construction - is considered. The authors believe that through the analysis of the comparisons it is possible to comprehend the peculiarities of the worldview and language ...
A. A. Mamedov, V. D. Kobelev
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The Universal Nature of a Spinozistic Substance
Journal of Spinoza Studies, 2023 There is a longstanding alliance between rationalism and realism concerning universals. Spinoza does not disrupt that alliance. The nature of a Spinozistic substance, after all, is a universal. That is what I argue here.
Michael A. Istvan
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Tropes and Rhetorical Figures in Simultaneous Interpreting of Presidential Speeches
Vertimo Studijos, 2021 Since one of the distinctive features of presidential speeches is the use of tropes and rhetorical figures, which are employed to achieve a persuasive effect, this study aimed to find out if tropes and rhetorical figures are retained in simultaneous ...
Guoda Pelenytė, Jonė Grigaliūnienė
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
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Molecular characterization of covRS mutations in M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Group A Streptococcus (GAS) acquires covRS mutations driving a hypervirulent bacterial state, frequently associated with invasive disease‐like necrotizing fasciitis. We demonstrate that the newly emerged M1UK GAS lineage can also acquire these mutations.
Jarrad Pritchard +12 more
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Hayden White and a Literarily Informed Philosophy of History [PDF]
Ideas y Valores, 2009 The year 2008 is the 25th of the publication of Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe, a milestone for the philosophy of history, since it comprehends its linguistic turn.
Verónica Tozzi
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