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Specificity of euphemistic lexis in media discourse on the example of Russian press from 2017-2021

Fides et Ratio
This article investigates the issue of euphemistic lexicon used in Russian periodicals of the early 21st century. The purpose of the study is to analyse the functional features of euphemisms, the specifics of their use in media discourse, and to ...
Olga Iakovleva
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"Politically correct" research. [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 1998
openaire   +1 more source

Normativity of law and interpretive approaches : (a discussion on the relation between law and reason) [PDF]

, 2012
The debates about the interrelations between reason and law have undergone a change after the eighteenth century. References to the recta ratio of jusnaturalistic tradition have not disappeared, but other comprehensions of legal reason have developed ...
Batalha, Carlos Eduardo
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Trends in 25 years of antihypertensive agent utilization in Croatia – an alert for scientific community and healthcare providers

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Hypertension is a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular mortality worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate 25‐year trends in antihypertensive agent (AHA) utilization in Croatia between 2000 and 2024. Methods We conducted a national, population‐based analysis using IMS and IQVIA pharmaceutical databases.
Andrej Belančić, Marta Kučan Štiglić, Ana Jelaković, Bojan Jelaković, Dinko Vitezić   +4 more
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Euphemization in English Political Discourse: A Functional-Communicative Approach

Научный диалог
This article addresses the contemporary issue of euphemization within English-language political discourse as a means to achieve authorial intentions and shape public opinion.
O. A. Zharina, M. V. Samofalova, M. V. Bezzubikova   +2 more
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These Testing Obsessions Are Getting a Little Weird

, 2017
This morning, as she was getting ready for work, my wife noticed something unusual about our son, who is in third grade. He was quietly eating breakfast, like he always does, but something about him was different. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt. He
Powell, Dave
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String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

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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Reception Baseline Assessment and ‘small acts’ of micro‐resistance

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In September 2021, following the global COVID‐19 pandemic, the Department for Education introduced a national standardised digital Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA) for all English 4‐year‐old children. We analyse RBA and its associated Quality Monitoring Visits, as a further intensification of the new public management of early years ...
Guy Roberts‐Holmes, Diana Sousa, Siew Fung Lee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zensur und Political Correctness auf der Opernbühne

LiTheS. Zeitschrift für Literatur- und Theatersoziologie, 2020
Walter, Michael
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