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Soft-boiled Speech: a Contrastive Analysis of Euphemisms in Algerian and Jordanian Arabic [PDF]
, 2016 The present contrastive study is geared mainly towards probing into the euphemistic language that Algerian and Jordanian Arabic speakers resort to when certain tabooed topics and concepts are brought to the fore.
Mahmoud Qudah, Samia Azieb
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A Simultaneous Concept Analysis to Provide Clarity Between Obstetric Violence and Birth Trauma
Birth, EarlyView.There are critical gaps and conceptual confusion between the subjective trauma arising from childbirth experiences (birth trauma) and the trauma specifically resulting from abuse, coercion, and neglect by healthcare providers (obstetric violence); we propose a new term, “obstetric trauma” Obstetric trauma would specifically indicate the consequences of
Kripalini Patel +3 more
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“Special needs” is an ineffective euphemism [PDF]
, 2012 Recension av: Erika Fatland, Änglastaden : berättelser från Beslan, Norstedt, 2012, ISBN 978-91-1-304378-
Morton Ann Gernsbacher +3 more
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The Meaning of Obedience in a Time of Authoritarianism: Ethics of Care in and beyond the Military
Dialog, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In my book, On Obedience, Contrasting Philosophies for Military, Community and Citizenry, I anticipated emerging and different problems of authority and the nature/character of obedience in military and civic cultures. My anticipations proved to be correct, and more urgent questions have emerged.
Pauline Shanks Kaurin
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Евфемістичні трансномінації в сучасній німецькій мові [PDF]
, 2015 У статті розглядаються мовні та позамовні чинники виникнення евфемістичних номінативних одиниць у словниковому складі німецької мови. Аналізуються структура, семантика, прагматичний потенціал даної групи лексики та демонструється її динамічний характер.
Капуш, А. (A. Kapush)
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rooted in the theoretical perspective of impression management, and drawing on the critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach, this study analyzes whether and how the Italian state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector over the period 2020–2023 use persuasive language strategies in their annual reports to portray the image of a ...
Fiorenza Meucci +3 more
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From explicit prohibition to ambiguity in prohibiting [PDF]
, 2015 El trabajo fue presentado en la sección monográfica sobre lenguaje tabú en el mencionado congreso.This contribution will deal with two topics closely related and intermingled.
Chamizo-Dominguez, Pedro Jose
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Writing about accessibility [PDF]
, 2015 In this forum we celebrate research that helps to successfully bring the benefits of computing technologies to children, older adults, people with disabilities, and other populations that are often ignored in the design of mass-marketed ...
Cavender, Anna +2 more
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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
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The WHX construction (what the hell…?) and intensity. A corpus-based study
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2017 This paper is a study of the intensity attached to the WHX construction (most prototypically exemplified in what the hell…?), using the theoretical framework of Construction Grammar. It is shown that intensity is not entirely inherent in the construction;
Vincent Hugou
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