Humorous language play in a Thai EFL classroom

Applied Linguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 541-565

  Forman, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 80755180691     PISSN: 01426001     EISSN: 1477450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/applin/amr022     Document Type: Article

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