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The Role of Metaphor and Metonymy as Tools of Lexical Creation: The Case of Spanish Informal Speech [PDF]
, 2005 In the Cognitive Linguistics paradigm it is well known that conceptual metaphor and metonymy, among their various functions, are two important tools of lexical creation.
Herrero Ruiz, Javier
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PRAGMATIC FEATURES OF DYSPHEMISMS IN FRENCH
, 2023 This article will talk about the concept of dysphemism, the feedback of linguistic scholars on this concept, the pragmatic features of dysphemisms in the French language. It has also been suggested that the phenomenon of dysphemia, its characteristic feature, dysphemia is a discursive phenomenon, and dysphemism is both a linguistic and a speech ...
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Insults – between dysphemisms and markers of emotional closeness [PDF]
Diacronia, 2021 The present investigative approach proposes an analysis of insults from a socio-, psycho- and pragmalinguistic perspective, aiming to reveal the complex character of this type of communication. Given that insults, as reactive acts of speech, are dependent on both the intentions of the speaker and the way the receiver decodes the statement, we
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Euphemism and Dysphemism during the War of the Spanish Succession (1710-1713): George Ridpath
Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica, 2017 Euphemism and dysphemism are common within political communication as the former is a linguistic make-up leading to deception and distortion of reality (Rodríguez González 1991: 90) whereas the latter highlights the most pejorative traits of the taboo ...
Raquel Sánchez Ruiz
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Truths and euphemisms: How euphemisms are used in the political arena [PDF]
, 2011 Politicians are notorious for their employment of words in a disguised fashion through the usage of euphemisms. Consequently, their message becomes a recurrent theme of conspicuous deception.
Savo Karam,
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Swearwords Used by Gangsters in the “Alpha Dog” Movie [PDF]
, 2014 Many people assume that swearwords is a rude word and should be avoided. Those words are used to insult, to curse, to offend or to mock at something when the speaker has strong emotion (Hughes, 1991,05).
Christian, D. (Daniel) +1 more
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Ingroup/outgroup dynamics and agency markers in Italian parliamentary language. A gender-based socio-psychological analysis of the speeches of men and women deputies (2001 and 2006). [PDF]
, 2017 The most recent literature on gender differences in language use has shown that the Italian political communication enacted by men and women parliamentarians only partly reflects and reproduces the asymmetries and stereotypes widespread in society ...
ARENI, Alessandra +2 more
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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2020 The Hebrew word ᵓĕlīlîm is usually explained as the plural of the Hebrew adjective ᵓĕlīl (“useless, vain”), hence a dysphemism describing idols. However, the ancient versions did not understand the word this way.
Mark W. Hamilton
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Words as Powerful Weapons: Dysphemism in Trump’s Covid-19 Speeches
, 2020 Covid-19 pandemic constitutes the greatest threat to the worldwide population and countries nowadays. Donald Trump, the president of the greatest country in the world, has frequently received heavy criticism as a result of his language use in the period ...
S. Olimat
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Konotasi Warna pada Masyarakat Bali [PDF]
, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to identify the connotation of colors in Balinese that commonly occur in society such as: black, white, yellow, green, red, orange and purple. The research approach in this paper is a qualitative research. The data used
Putra, I. G. (I)
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