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Swearing, Euphemisms, and Linguistic Relativity [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Participants read aloud swear words, euphemisms of the swear words, and neutral stimuli while their autonomic activity was measured by electrodermal activity.
Jeffrey S Bowers
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The socio-pragmatic analysis of Amharic Euphemisms of women
Cogent Arts and Humanities, 2023 This study investigated the socio-pragmatic analysis of Amharic euphemisms of women within the frameworks of politeness and relevance theories. The investigation was carried out using a descriptive-qualitative methodology.
Bamlaku Endegena Zegeye +2 more
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The Euphemism Comparison Between English and Chinese [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2023 There are many lexical studies on euphemisms and general studies, and there is currently a lack of research on euphemisms in context. There is a lack of relevant articles based on euphemisms for chronological studies.
Fu Yang
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Loomade ja inimeste suhteid tähistavad loitsud – adresseerimine, eufemismid, düsfemismid [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 The use of euphemisms is a characteristic of everyday language use today. However, substitute names and euphemisms were widely used in incantations, where euphemisms were tightly interwoven with taboos.
Mare Kõiva
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Euphemism Forms in the Deddy Corbuzier’s Youtube Account Comment Column
Bahastra, 2021 This study aims to describe the form of euphemism in the comments column of Deddy Corbuzier's Youtube account. This type of research is descriptive qualitative.
Diah Fitriani, Laili Etika Rahmawati
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The Use of Euphemisms in the Book of “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho
Journal of Languages and Language Teaching, 2023 Euphemisms are a linguistic phenomenon whereby milder or courteous words are substituted for blunt or unpleasant expressions. This study focuses on the use of euphemisms and related expressions in Paulo Coelho's book, "The Alchemist." Specifically, the ...
Smirna Br Tarigan +1 more
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Дискурс профессиональной коммуникации, 2021 This article discusses the issue of the relationship between euphemisms and regional phenomena. The author dwells on the definition of euphemisms and the indication of their main features, emphasizing that the main aspect in understanding euphemisms is ...
N. А. Krasovskaya, Y. I. Kuzina
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Hedge Euphemisms as Tools of Economic Discourse
Научный диалог, 2021 An attempt is made to analyze euphemized and non-euphemized versions of statements using the example of headings of short exchange messages. The relevance of the study is due to the need to study the causes and situations of the appearance of hedge ...
E. L. Shubina, A. V. Sedova
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On Euphemisms, Linguistic Creativity, and Humor
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2021 In our paper for this issue of Lexis on humor, creativity, and lexical creation, we report findings from an original task about euphemism creation. For our study, subjects quickly produced new euphemisms in nominal compound form in English and defined ...
Craig Hamilton, Anne-Sophie Foltzer
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Similarities and Dissimilarities in Euphemisms in Turkish and Russian
İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi, 2022 This study discusses and compares the subject of euphemisms in Russian and Turkish. It first categorizes and then examines euphemisms based on ‘meaning’ and ‘structure’ in both languages.
Hanife Saraç, Eda Havva Tan Metreş
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