SOUND SYMBOLISM OF FRONT VOWELS IN ENGLISH ONOMATOPOEIC WORDS
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Language and Literature
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2502-3462,2088-6187
DOI: 10.35760/jll.2020.v8i1.2692