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Truths and euphemisms: How euphemisms are used in the political arena [PDF]
, 2011 Politicians are notorious for their employment of words in a disguised fashion through the usage of euphemisms. Consequently, their message becomes a recurrent theme of conspicuous deception.
Savo Karam,
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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Investigating the Mechanisms of Euphemism in Translation of Taboos in Alhavi's Novel Hayfa Baytar [PDF]
پژوهشهای ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی, 2018 With the expansion of linguistic relationships among nations, the cultural impact has a natural effect and causes the creation of a mutual relationship between language and culture.
Abdul Basat Arab Yousef Abadi +1 more
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For an inviting anthropology Pour une anthropologie accueillante
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Anthropologists have recently become inspired, captivated even, by the practices of the arts, design, and architecture in efforts to renew anthropology's modes of engagement and understandings of its relevance, particularly affecting how we approach ethnographic fieldwork.
Tomás Criado +2 more
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Linguistic means of forming euphemisms in the modern Chinese language
Когниция, коммуникация, дискурс, 2023 The article discusses the linguistic means of forming euphemisms in the modern Chinese language and the study of the concept of “euphemism” synchronically and diachronically.
Stanislav Naumenko, Maksym Kryvonis
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A new archive of oral history interviews from LGBTQIA‐identified alumni, faculty and staff reveals the complex ways that queer and transgender students understood, experienced and remembered the long transition from single‐sex to coeducation at Princeton University.
Ezelle Sanford III +2 more
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Euphemism Found in Insert Trans TV Indonesian Infotainment [PDF]
, 2015 Key words: Sociolinguistics, euphemism, Insert Trans TV Language has different characteristics to show its uniqueness. The existence of taboo language as one of the characteristics in each language makes the user of the language should be aware of this ...
AGFARINNISA’, H. N. (HIKMAH)
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Shrinking cities are increasingly drawing global attention, but urban shrinkage is seldom considered as an enduring structural condition necessitating a move beyond growth‐centric strategies. The focus often remains on mitigating symptoms rather than embracing the broader implications of long‐term decline. Understanding of what drives decision‐
Marjan Marjanović, Johanna Lilius
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The Depiction of Environmental Preservation by Indonesian Media: Study of Euphemism and Dysphemism [PDF]
, 2023 Agwin Degaf +2 more
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Class identity is a crucial sociological concept, but is only ever measured at the individual level. In this paper, we ask: do groups have class identities? And do those class identities correspond with material resources? To answer these questions, we examine data from 31 of the most prominent American religious denominations in the early ...
Tessa Huttenlocher, Melissa Wilde
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