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مجلة الآداب, 2019 People have a tendency to, instead of saying harsh and brunt things, express what they think in suitable mitigatingways to make the communication more smooth and comfort. Euphemism is one of the effective ways of communication for that purpose.
Yaghdan R. Mahdi, Mayada R. Eesa
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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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The Linguistic Study of Euphemism in Ilami Kurdish [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2014 Euphemism is a linguistic style used by language speakers to substitute taboo words and expressions. Since it is a common phenomenon in all cultures, it is a ubiquitous feature for every language.
Bahman Zandi, Karamullah Palizban
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Students’ and Lecturers’ Perceptions of Euphemism Use in Everyday and Academic Communication
K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and LiteratureEuphemism is used to manage potentially sensitive language and interpersonal relationships. However, limited research has examined how students and lecturers perceive its use across everyday and academic communication.
Erna Andriyanti +3 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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On the Mechanisms of Grammatical Implementation of the Euphemistic Meaning
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsThe relevance of the work has been determined by the necessity to study the features of derivative transformations that do not correspond to the ritually expected grammatical mechanisms (grammar mistakes (inconsistency)) of the euphemism explication in ...
Olga S. Zubkova, Svetlana A. Logvina
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how national education in Hong Kong functions as a contested arena in which state and non‐state actors struggle over the meaning of citizenship, identity and schooling. Using inductive frame analysis of 319 news articles (2020–2025) from five Chinese‐ and English‐language outlets, it identifies diagnostic, prognostic and ...
Jason Cong Lin
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Bashkir Birth-Related Vocabulary: Taboos and Euphemisms
Oriental Studies, 2020 . Introduction. This article examines the use of taboos and euphemisms in birth-related vocabulary of the Bashkir language. Goals. The paper reveals both linguistic facts and those of traditional ritual culture, ethnic worldviews.
Gulnaz R. Karimova
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
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