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Euphemism in Biblical Hebrew and the euphemistic ‘bless’ in the Septuagint of Job
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The Septuagint (LXX) generally approached the antiphrastic, euphemistic use of ברך [bless] with a literal translation of ברך with εὐλογέω. This choice produced a Hebraism, as the Greek verb is not generally used antiphrastically.
Douglas T. Mangum
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Collegium antropologicum, 2021 This paper analyzes euphemisms - embellished expressions - excerpted from the Croatian public communication discourse. The introductory chapters provide an overview of the definitions of euphemisms, from rhetorical to cognitive-linguistic ones. The central part of the paper analyses the functions of euphemisms in Croatian public communication, the ways
Mikić Čolić, Ana, Glušac, Maja
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The old and the new formation of euphemisms. Graphical euphemisms formation in electronic discourse
Lietuvių Kalba, 2012 Euphemistic substitution occurs due to taboo issues and the most common taboo subjects are physiological actions or their results (motion, sexual intercourse etc) thus the basic function of euphemistic substitution is to soften an offensive, vulgar word.
Robertas Kudirka
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Między Oryginałem a Przekładem, 2020 What One Can Do in Fear – A Symptomatic Escape into Literalness Proper interpretation of the expression used in Ezekiel 7:17; 21:12 is difficult, as the variety of meanings expressed the translations indicates.
Marek Piela
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Spirituality and practice of the euphemism in the workplace: perceptions of a nursing team [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de EnfermagemObjectives: to understand the spirituality and the practice of euphemism experienced by nursing professionals in the hospital scenario. Methods: a descriptive, exploratory research with a qualitative approach, carried out with 18 nursing professionals ...
Edilaine Maran +6 more
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MEKANISME EUFEMISME DAN SENSORISASI: KEKERASAN SIMBOLIK DALAM TUTURAN DOSEN
Retorika, 2019 : Symbolic Violence Representation in the Mechanism of Euphemism and Sensori-zation of Lecturer Speech. This study aims to describe the representation of symbolic violence in the mechanism of euphemism and censorship of lecturers' speeches to students in
Galieh Damayanti +2 more
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Sexually Explicit Euphemism in Martin Amis's Yellow Dog. Mitigation or Offence?
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2006 It is the purpose of this paper to provide an overview of the euphemistic modality that I shall call ‘explicit euphemism’ by means of an insight into the taboo of sex in Yellow Dog (2003) by Martin Amis.
Eliecer Crespo Fernández
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The learning and teaching euphemism in business letters
SHS Web of Conferences, 2016 According to Flynn’s Principle Branching Direction (1984), English and Chinese belonged to two different language systems. English was right-branching language and Chinese was left-branching language, and that was the basic knowledge to interfere ...
Wang Yifei
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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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Euphemism: Prosodic Organization of Conceptual Components
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2020 This article is devoted to the analysis of the formation of linguistic forms within the nominative process of euphemism. The psycholinguistic potential of euphemism forms a complex phenomenon with figurative, verbal, non-verbal, as well as silence ...
Svetlana A. Logvina
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