Taboo or common directive acts?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska, sectio FF, Philologia
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0239-426X
DOI: 10.17951/ff.2016.34.1.187