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Euphemization in English Political Discourse: A Functional-Communicative Approach

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This 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, M. V. Samofalova, M. V. Bezzubikova   +2 more
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Preventing financial ruin: How the West India trade fostered creativity in crisis lending by the Bank of England

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 57-88, February 2026.
Abstract This paper contributes to the understanding of the complex relationship between British economic performance during the Napoleonic wars and the ‘West Indies’, as the Caribbean slave colonies were called. Not only did profits from slave‐based commerce provide financing for the growth of the financial sector, as has been claimed, but the risk of
Carolyn Sissoko, Mina Ishizu
wiley   +1 more source

DYSPHEMISTIC DENTS AND EUPHEMISTIC ALIGNMENTS OF THE POETIC TEXT OF TATJANA GROMAČA

Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research, 2010
This article is based on the research of the figurative fied of the poetic text of Tatjana Gromača. The anterior readings of this text were basically oriented on the critical and literary theorical researches and contextualization in the domain of the ...
Tin Lemac
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A PERCEPTION OF EUPHEMISTIC-COINAGE AND CREATIVITY OF YOUTHS IN AKOKOLAND

International Studies Journal
Research Problem: Although euphemism has received scholarly attention in other contexts, little research has examined its communicative and social functions among Nigerian youths.
AFOLABI INNOCENT ARIREMAKO, IYABODE OPEYEMI AJISAFE   +1 more
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FIGURE OF SPEECH BASED ON SHORT DRAMA USING SUNDANESE LANGUAGE [PDF]

, 2017
The purpose of this case study is going to analyze the process of figure of speech in Sundanese language, being taken from some brief examples of dramas.
Esther, Priscilla, Mahdi, Sutiono
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Recognizing Euphemisms and Dysphemisms Using Sentiment Analysis [PDF]

, 2020
Christian Felt, Ellen Riloff
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"How Brazil Can Defend Against Financialization and Keep Its Economic Surplus for Itself" [PDF]

The post-1945 mode of global integration has outlived its early promise. It has become exploitative rather than supportive of capital investment, public infrastructure, and living standards.
Michael Hudson
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Pathos and patter in real estate parlance [PDF]

, 2007
This paper presents the first systematic analysis of estate agent language and employs Aristotle’s ponderings on the art of persuasion as a means of classifying the peculiar parlance of property peddlers. “Des.
Oates, S., Pryce, G.
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Queer Futures and Phallic Humour in the Book of Esther

Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies
In ancient Hebrew, the word for “hand” can also refer metaphorically to personal power—or be innuendo for the phallus. This observation serves as a key to the many appearances of “hands” in the book of Esther, from the king’s superlative “hand” to the ...
Esther Brownsmith
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Euphemization of Death Conceptual Domain in Old English

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Euphemisation is a popular research topic in linguistics. However, no reliable classification has appeared for the study of cryptolalic euphemisms because the adjacent position of this concept in the terminology of euphemisms remains understudied.
Sofya A. Lunina
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