Resolving Ambiguity of Some Egyptian Political Jokes Contemporaneous with 2011 Revolution
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عنوان ژورنال: English Language and Literature Studies
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1925-4776,1925-4768
DOI: 10.5539/ells.v7n4p25