Male and Female Social Actor Representation in Four Corners 4: A Critical Discourse Perspective

Subject Areas : Research in English Language Pedagogy

Ali Roohani ¹

1 - Shahrekord University

Received: 2014-08-04 Accepted : 2014-12-05 Published : 2014-12-05

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