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City of God and the Duty of Just Memory
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
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Orphans' or Veterans? Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor [PDF]
, 2006 All over East Timor, one can find “orphans” whose parents still live, and “wives” who have never been married. These labels mask an open secret in Timorese society—hundreds of babies were born of rape during the Indonesian occupation from 1974 to 1999.
Harris Rimmer, Susan
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The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2018 The following article is the basis for the research of euphemisms. They, being an important language component of political discourse, perform a number of functions which are especially important in this type of communication. Communicative features of euphemisms allow us to formulate accurately the spheres of political euphemisms, to systematize them ...
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Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores Russia's genocidal discourses on Ukrainians, focusing on the predominant narrative that frames cultural genocide as the ‘liberation’ of Ukrainians through the erasure of their cultural identity. Existing literature tends to overlook this form of genocidal discourse, which diverges from typical ‘othering’ by instead ...
Martin Laryš
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Semantic Transformations of Lexeme ‘Gender’ in English
Научный диалогThis article conducts a comprehensive diachronic analysis of the semantic transformations of the lexeme ‘gender’ within the English. The relevance of this study lies in its exploration of the linguocognitive mechanisms that have elevated the term to the ...
T. M. Shkapenko +2 more
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The Racialisation of Rape: A Far‐Right Tool for Boundary‐Creation Across Borders
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Far‐right parties and movements have increasingly come to incorporate ideas of gender equality into their political agendas. While seemingly out of concern for women's rights and safety, these issues are in reality seldom more than a veil to further the stigmatisation of Muslim men.
Mathilda Åkerlund
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Euphemization in English Political Discourse: A Functional-Communicative Approach
Научный диалогThis article addresses the contemporary issue of euphemization within English-language political discourse as a means to achieve authorial intentions and shape public opinion.
O. A. Zharina +2 more
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, 1993 Material appearing below is thought to be of particular interest to Linacre Quarterly readers because of its moral, religious, or philosophic content. The medical literature constitutes the primary, but not the sole source of such material.
Catholic Physicians\u27 Guild
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Taboo euphemisms vs. regular euphemisms
, 2016 We can distinguish taboo euphemisms from regular euphemism, depending on the reason for using euphemisms. Taboo euphemisms are based on superstition or religious prohibition. Most euphemisms of this type have appeared out of fear. In such a way, the speaker believed that he drove away negative phenomena only by substituting the word quot;devilquot; by ...
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, 2022 With its clear anthropocentric orientation, the new scientific paradigm focused on the study of euphemisms not only as a form of communication but also as a cultural unit, influencing not only linguistic but also extralinguistic factors influencing the emergence and functioning of euphemisms.
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