However‚ it sometimes occurs that cognitive and communicative principles are overridden because of the speaker’s expressive needs or a particular social situation. The violation of the principles in question may result in the use of metonymy – based euphemisms which I will try to explore in the following discussion. As it was mentioned before‚ there are certain cognitive and communicative principles which account for the choice of preferred metonymic vehicles. Among cognitive principles we distinguish
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Negation‚ –ing forms. 2012 TASK 6 In the following microtexts (i) analyse for meaning and contrastive relevance‚ (ii) suggest suitable translations in Spanish for the given utterances‚ (iii) translate the paragraphs. 1. There was something unreal about sitting in a café with a cup of coffee and a cream bun -- with several small children shouting and screaming to attract the attention of their mothers‚ who were absorbed in well-thumbed magazines—and discovering just how ill Harriet was. 2. Of
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1712-8358[Print] ISSN 1923-6700[Online] www.cscanada.net www.cscanada.org Cross-Cultural Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Euphemisms WANG Xiaoling[a]; ZHANG Meng[a]‚*; DONG Hailin[a] [a] College of Foreign Languages‚ Hebei United University‚ West Xinhua Road‚ Tangshan‚ China. * Corresponding author. Supported by Study on Application of Cross-Cultural Teaching Concept in New Standard College English Teaching; Key Project of Ministry of Education for the Year 2010‚ the Eleventh Five-year
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Examples of Euphemism A euphemism is a polite expression used in place of words or phrases that otherwise might be considered harsh or unpleasant to hear. Euphemisms are used regularly‚ and there are many examples in every day language. Ads by Google Create eBooks Online‚ Use Our Free Software to Publish Your Book and Get Paid For It! www.foboko.com Types of Euphemisms To Soften an Expression Some euphemisms are used in order to make a blunt or unpleasant truth seem less harsh. Examples of
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As an LDS family counselor in McKinney‚ TX‚ I know that dealing with the death of a loved one is difficult for everyone; but grief is especially difficult for children to come to grips with. Because death is everywhere in movies‚ TV and video games‚ children aren’t unfamiliar with the concept but experiencing it firsthand can be confusing. If you are a parent whose child is faced with the death of someone they love‚ your job isn’t to try to keep your child from feeling sad or grieving‚ it’s to
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A Meta-analysis of Studies of Contrastive Rhetoric in Iran Z. Jalali‚ N Fallah‚ Supervisor: A. Zare-ee Abstract The present work briefly summarizes the history of research in the area of contrastive rhetoric. It then summarizes the work in the area of contrastive rhetoric done in Iran. The paper points to the fact that in Iran contrastive rhetoric studies have focused on a) linguistic and rhetorical patterns as reflected in L1 and L2 writings of learners‚ b) discovering writing behaviors‚ c)
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Comparison and Contrast between Chinese and English Education Cultures [pic] 管理学院 财务管理0801 沈颖 3080101911 Comparison and Contrast between Chinese and English Education Cultures 管理学院财务管理 沈颖 3080101911 Abstract: The difference between Chinese and British education will bring a huge impact on the will-be overseas Chinese students. By illustrating Chinese and British education culture differences in learning methods‚ center of class‚ teaching approaches‚ and the importance attached to teachers and
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Contrastive Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphor LIFE IS A JOURNEY in English and its Equivalent in Vietnamese Department of English Ho Chi Minh University of Education Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh Ho Chi Minh City‚ June 19th‚ 2013 1 I. ABSTRACT Since its introduction in 1980‚ the publication “Metaphors We Live By” by Mark Johnson and George Lackoff has successfully persuaded the readers to see all metaphors in a new light. The 1980 classic maintains that metaphorical expressions
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Pragmatic Analysis and Translation of English and Chinese Person Deixis 英汉人称指示语的语用分析及翻译 武汉理工大学外国语学院 李晓惠 广东培正学院 胡敏 广东广州 510830 内容摘要 对比语言学是一门从共时的角度对两种或多种语言进行对比研究的学科。本文尝试分析了语用学中的人称指示语在英语和汉语两种语言中的相同点和不同点，其中主要分析了人称指示语的先用特性及其反先用的用法。本文目的是通过对比分析，把指示语的语用理论更多的运用于翻译中去。 关键词: 英汉人称指示语‚ 先用与反先用现象‚ 翻译 Abstract Contrastive study is a branch of science concerning with two or more languages by exploring the differences and similarities in a synchronic way. This thesis is an attempt to analyze the
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Neil Postman‚ a famous writer‚ professor of media ecology at New York University‚ in “Euphemism” discusses the social and cultural significance of euphemism by tackling its aspects. Firstly‚ Postman begins his expository with a common‚ dictionary-entry-type definition of euphemism” – an auspicious or exalted term that is used in place of more down- to earth term. Postman reveals that euphemism has got a bad name because it is a way to give pretty names to essentially ugly realities. And he
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