Humor and Translation: A Case Study of Black Humor in Langston Hughes's Poetry

Subject Areas : All areas of language and translation

Behnoush Akhavan ¹ , Pezhman Asad ²

1 - Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch
2 - Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch

Received: 2017-03-14 Accepted : 2017-03-14 Published : 2011-03-01

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