A linguistic and sociopragmatic and cultural study of swearing in Arabic

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-240

  Abd El Jawad, Hassan R S ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

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EID: 85013393121     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310008666600     Document Type: Article

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