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- ↑ Paulovičová 2013, pp. 558–559.
- 1 2 Kamenec 2007, p. 8.
- 1 2 Ward 2013, p. 269.
- ↑ Jelinek 1981, p. 175.
- ↑ Paulovičová 2013, p. 559.
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