INTRODUCTION 2 CHAPTER I. THE NOTION OF EUPHEMISMS IN ENGLISH 5 I.1. Definition of Euphemisms 5 I.2. Classification of Euphemisms 6 I.3. Ambiguity and Logic 9 CHAPTER II. SOURCES OF EUPHEMISMS 15 II.1. The Language of Political Correctness 15 II.2. Obscurity‚ Officialese‚Jornalese‚ Commercialese 20 II.3. Vogue Words 24 II.4. Woolliness 27 II.5. Euphemisms Used in Different Spheres of Our Life 29 CHAPTER III. TRANSLATION OF EUPHEMISMS 34 III.1. Grammatical Difficulties in Translation
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there‚ and her husband’s body now lies incinerated in the swamps or the pines or the palmetto grass‚ "burned beyond recognition‚" which anyone who had been around an air base for very long (fortunately Jane had not) realized was quite an artful euphemism to describe a human body that now looked like an enormous fowl that has burned up in a stove‚ burned a blackish brown all over‚ greasy and blistered‚ fried‚ in a word‚ with not only the entire face and all the hair and the ears burned off‚ not to
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While many turn to religion for explanations to help‚ people tend to push death as far from them as they can. Even in “Joyas Voldoras‚” Doyle retains the idea and thought of death to a minimum‚ employing euphemisms to discuss death. This fear leads to disillusion‚ and people thinking that death will not effect them until it becomes too close to ignore‚ whether with the death of a close family member‚ or the rapidly failing health of their own self. With Doyle’s
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In Ender’s Game‚ euphemism is present while the government does not tell Ender the whole truth about his activities‚ which affects Ender’s actions drastically‚ proving euphemism alters people’s decisions. When Granger travels to Ender’s house to recruit Ender to help destroy the bugger aliens‚ he used tons of understatements to persuade Ender to come. Granger tells Ender that he will fight for Valentine‚ Ender’s sister‚ who will be saved from the possibility of dying but‚ Ender is really needed to
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45-48 DOI:10.3968/j.sss.1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would be a defective instrument of communication” (Enright‚ 1985‚ p.29). Hugh Rawson also affirmed “Euphemisms are embedded so deeply in our language that
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shown in (Act 1 Scene 5 line 25) when she says "That I may pour my spirits in thine ear". She manipulates his self esteem by playing with his masculinity and his bravery. Lady Macbeth feels she does not have the strength to commit the deed herself and therefore becomes
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time. It must have been a frightening time too‚ “of coming to terms with same-sex sexuality‚ to invent language for its designation‚ control‚ and prosecution”‚ no wonder James choose to write a novella with “suggestive yet sheltering language of euphemism and denotative‚ confessional discourse that would expose ‘monstrous’ secrets.” (Matheson). In the beginning of The Turn of the Screw there is a Prologue‚ which is told by an unnamed narrator‚ where a character that we meet named Douglass‚ who has
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Term Paper Application of Euphemism: Reflection of Cultures Introduction Euphemism is “example of the use of pleasant‚ mild or indirect words‚ or phrases in place of more accurate or direct ones” (Oxford for Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese dictionary page 491). It is also defined as “a kind of expressing method which aims at making people feel less embarrassed by using some words with vague and ambiguous meaning instead of those which may make people feel unpleasant and not respected” in Dictionary
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Carson claims how there has been a growing trend in the unnecessary application of parathion and how farmers are trying to “control” the concentration of birds. By putting quotes around a euphemism meant to curtail the severity of the killings‚ Carson actually emphasizes her argument against the farmers. She stresses the delusion in the farmers’ argument‚ as they are clearly annihilating the birds instead of controlling them. This word choice
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Business negotiations of euphemism and expression Catalogue Abstract………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction……………………………………………………………..3 Body………………………………………………………………….......3 1. Business environment‚ each of the parties to achieve the intended purpose....3 2. Euphemism and Politeness Principle……………………………………...4 3. Business negotiations Pragmatic Politeness Strategy…………....................6 4. Business English Euphemism and expression……………….......…..
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