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Linguistic Taboo in Romanian Poetry. Trauma, Depression and Addictions

ACROSS, 2023
This paper aims to analyse the linguistic taboo in contemporary Romanian poetry, interpreting the euphemisms and dysphemisms related to traumatic experiences, depression and addictions, which function as tabooed realities at the level of the poetic ...
Alina NECULACHI
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“Political Correctness”: Interpretation Aspects

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2017
The article provides the topical for modern society notion – the notion of political correctness. The author discloses its content in different historical epochs and in the appliance to various branches of science and humanities: political science ...
Alisa O. Kagileva
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A Taxonomy of Mitigation Devices in English Language

مجلة جامعة كويه للعلوم الانسانية والاجتماعية, 2020
Language mitigation refers to strategies that people adopt to avoid face-threatening situations in conversation and thereby to linguistically repair the damage done to someone’s face by what one says or does.
Aso I. Ali, Salah M. Salih
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Maintaining Legitimacy in Global Labor Governance: Legitimation Politics at the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes how industrial relations actors maintain legitimacy in global labor governance by investigating the legitimation politics at the International Labour Organization (ILO). Drawing on the concept of legitimacy tests, we identify three strategies that the workers' and employers' groups at the ILO have deployed to maintain ...
Huw Thomas, Vicente Silva
wiley   +1 more source

The Epistemic Harms of Botched Apologies for Past Wrongs

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apologies often create expectations of meaningful change and repair. Yet when institutions or states deliver apologies for past wrongs that lack substantive reparative action, they risk deepening, rather than redressing, the harms they acknowledge.
Abraham Tobi
wiley   +1 more source

Hedging And Euphemisms

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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Franco‐British Bilateral Diplomacy After Brexit, 2020–2025: Mending the Ties That Bind

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Brexit shook to its very core one of the European Union's (EU's) prominent partnerships, the Franco‐British bilateral relationship (FBBR), disrupting diplomatic routines and shattering interpersonal trust before circumstances changed and the relationship rapidly began to mend. In this article, we analyse the breakdown and restoration of Franco‐
Helen Drake, Pauline Schnapper
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Enlightened False Consciousness: Why Climate Consciousness Is Not Followed by Action

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article discusses enlightened false consciousness by focusing on the denial of the climate crisis. It approaches this idea by first emphasizing the role of emotions in connection with actions, arguing that a classical rationalist perspective falls short of grasping this. The article is divided into four parts.
Bülent Diken, Carsten Bagge Laustsen
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The Semantics and Pragmatics of an Old Romanian Expression: “a se duce la Cucuiata”

ACROSS
This paper analyses, from a semantic and pragmatic perspective, the meaning of an old Romanian phraseological unit a se duce la Cucuiata, thus providing insights into the archaic Romanian mentality and cultural patterns. Originating from the word cucui (
Alexandra Monica TOMA
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The Neological Functions of Disease Euphemisms in English and French: Verbal Hygiene or Speech Pathology?

Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2018
According to Allan & Burridge [1991: 11], “[a] euphemism is used as an alternative to a dispreferred expression, in order to avoid possible loss of face: either one’s own face or, through giving offence, that of the audience, or some third party.” The ...
Denis Jamet
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