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Dysphemism Strategies in President Buhari’s Arise TV Interview
Studies in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis, 2023 This paper is an attempt to check the use of dysphemism in Political Discourse. It featured the functions and aim of dysphemism, and the role it plays in enabling political actors to hide under utterance to attack face of others. It tries to give reasons for the use of dysphemism as a impoliteness strategy that tends to be direct in effect.
Ephraim Chukwu +1 more
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Russian Language Studies, 2022 The purpose of the research is to consider the aspects of some functions of phrasemes in the Russian-language Internet discourse, primarily in connection with their role in forming significant elements of network communication. The relevance of the study
Mariia S. Dobrova
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Jurnal Visi Ilmu Pendidikan, 2019 This research aims to identify, describe, and analyze the use of euphemism and dysphemism from the forming process, meaning, and function of Republika online media related to the Development of Setya Novanto Case in January 2018 edition.
Nanang Heryana
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Fenomena Disfemisme dalam Kartun Anak Pada Pertelevisian Indonesia
Ranah: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa, 2021 This paper examines the use of dysphemism in children's cartoon shows in Indonesian television which are categorized as dangerous and cautious according to KPAI and KPI. The issue of this paper is focused on discussing the types of dysfemism used.
Lelly Dwi Anjani, Bakdal Ginanjar
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A Study on linguistic strategies of dysphemistic mimesis in “Mathnavi Ma'navi” [PDF]
Literary Arts, 2019 By Naming their book as "language as Shield and Weapon", Allan and Burridge refer to two pragma-linguistic functions of a text: euphemistic language as shield and dysphemistic language as weapon.
Raziyeh Hojatizadeh
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Dysphemism in the form of hatred and profanity towards forest destroyers in Indonesian poetry
Studies in English Language and Education, 2023 Environmental challenges have inspired poets to use poetry as media to convey protest, sadness, or anger toward environmental damage. As a form of artistic expression, poetry is a powerful medium to convey concerns about ecology.
Mohd. Harun, Wiwit Artika, Wildan Wildan
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Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2018 According to Allan & Burridge [1991: 11], “[a] euphemism is used as an alternative to a dispreferred expression, in order to avoid possible loss of face: either one’s own face or, through giving offence, that of the audience, or some third party.” The ...
Denis Jamet
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A Dysphemism Behind the COVID-19 Phenomenon
KnE Social Sciences, 2022 This research aimed to study the types and purposes of dysphemisms in Mandarin online news platforms Guoji Ribao and Hao Bao. Ten news articles, dating from August to September 2021, were collected. The collected data were analyzed through data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing, and data verification.
Vivi Adryani Nasution +2 more
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Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2012 X-phemism motivates language change by promoting new expressions, or new meanings for old expressions, and causing some existing vocabulary to be abandoned.
Keith Allan
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¡Ahora sí que me has tocado las narices! and other tactile perception metaphors: a cognitive and contrastive analysis1 [PDF]
Sintagma, 2022 The present study aims at analyzing from a Cognitive Linguistics perspective a set of 23 frequent Spanish constructions, and their English equivalents, with the prototypical tactile verb tocar related to positive and negative emotions.
Beatriz Martín-Gascón
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