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Changing ideas of bodily cleanliness [PDF]

, 2004
The modern bathroom reflects Western ideas on the handling of bodily wastes, and consequently ideas of cleanliness. Taking a historical study as the point of departure, the purpose of this paper is to understand the extent to which the idea of ...
Quitzau, Maj-Britt
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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
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Політичні евфемізми як складова сучасної мови ЗМІ (Political euphemism as a component of modern media languages) [PDF]

, 2015
У статті проаналізовано евфемізми, що продукуються в сучасній мові ЗМІ, тобто властиві мас-медійному соціалекту. ЗМІ активно репрезентують вітчизняне й зарубіжне політичне життя, тож політичні евфемізми є важливою складовою сучасної мови ЗМІ.
Ільченко, О. (O. Ilchenko)
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Narratives Contextualizing Numeric Disclosures: Insights From Earnings Calls

Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate how narrative disclosures during earnings conference calls (ECCs) provide context for quantitative numeric disclosures in quarterly earnings releases, enhancing their informativeness. Drawing on a large sample of 34,918 quarterly ECCs from 1621 US‐listed firms from 2007 to 2020, we extract interpretable textual attributes—such ...
Imelda Taraj, Ranik Raaen Wahlstrøm
wiley   +1 more source

Порівняльна характеристика використання евфемізмів в офіційно-діловому стилі української та японської мов [PDF]

, 2015
Стаття присвячена порівнянню ситуацій, в яких використовуються евфемізми, в якості замінників для слів та виразів з негативним забарвленням. Базою для порівняння є офіційно-діловий стиль української та японської мов.
Шепельська, І. (I. Shepelska)
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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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Further EU integration will help to stabilise the disruptive forces of nationalism now present in Macedonia [PDF]

, 2012
Negotiations towards Macedonia’s accession to the EU have been prolonged and often postponed in recent years, mostly due to an on-going dispute with Greece over the country’s name.
Janev, Goran
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From Populism to Fascism? On Our Present‐Time Political Categories

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the global rise of far‐right governments, two categories are available to describe this aspect of our current times: populism and fascism. This raises a twofold question: analytically, which is the most accurate to describe these authoritarian governments?
Federico Tarragoni
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Euphemization of Death Conceptual Domain in Old English

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Euphemisation is a popular research topic in linguistics. However, no reliable classification has appeared for the study of cryptolalic euphemisms because the adjacent position of this concept in the terminology of euphemisms remains understudied.
Sofya A. Lunina
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Care‐full negotiation of hospital discharge and end‐of‐life care in an Indonesian palliative care unit

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract How do palliative care professionals negotiate end‐of‐life care with family members when prognosis and dying are not openly discussed? Based on ethnographic fieldwork in an Indonesian palliative care unit, I argue that palliative care professionals employ implicit, ambiguous and culturally sensitive communication to carefully negotiate ...
Hanum Atikasari
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