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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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Moralized Identities in and Around Organizations: An Identity Work Perspective
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we examine the literature on moralized identities – the range of identities that people construct for themselves that are underpinned by issues of morality. We problematize traditional theorizing by drawing on the identity work perspective to provide an explanatory framework that diverts attention away from a focus on what ...
Michael J. Gill, Andrew D. Brown
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Revista Brasileira de Linguística AplicadaThis paper has two objectives. First, by analyzing THE PLACE FOR THE EVENT-type metonymies, this paper points out that it is mainly negative events that are expressed by this type of metonymy. Second, this paper reveals the motivations of those THE PLACE
Nami Arimitsu
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“Occupation” as Euphemism [PDF]
On 10 August, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gathered a press conference to explain an earlier cabinet decision “to occupy” Gaza. What he introduced, to the dismay of allied governments in Europe, was a military incursion on Gaza City and “the central camps and Mawasi.” Netanyahu promised a “non-Israeli civilian administration” and, in English ...
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Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Asylum seekers often struggle to recall and report their experiences during asylum interviews. This may occur for several reasons, ranging from communication challenges in high‐context cultures (relying more on indirect and context‐oriented communication) and low‐context cultures (relying more on direct and explicit communication) to ...
Md Yeasir Yunus +3 more
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EUPHEMISM IN ANIĆ'S DICTIONARY
Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research, 2005 Euphemism is one of the lexicographical marks for loaded words in Anić dictionaries. Anić defines euphemism as a «milder word». The euphemisms are hard to identify, the proof for it is the fact that we can find only 25 euphemisms in the Anić Dictionary ...
Dinka Pasini
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Caring for the institution: An ethnography of quality assurance policy in U.S. rural primary care
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Based on mixed‐methods, ethnographic research in a geographically isolated rural medical center in the upper midwestern United States, this paper explores the social implications of healthcare quality assurance policies highly reliant on managerial logics, including measurement and monitoring programs.
Chloe L. Warpinski
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Veiling the Vulgar: Translation of Sex-related Euphemisms in Mo Yan’s Big Breasts and Wide Hips
SAGE OpenAlthough the translation of euphemisms has received academic attention, studies of sex-related euphemisms remain scarce, particularly in Chinese-English contexts.
He Zhu +3 more
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Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2012 X-phemism motivates language change by promoting new expressions, or new meanings for old expressions, and causing some existing vocabulary to be abandoned.
Keith Allan
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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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