your child from feeling sad or grieving‚ it’s to encourage them to express their feelings and to help them develop coping skills that will serve them well into adulthood. ➧ Be Direct With Your Child When discussing death with a child‚ never use euphemisms that may be scary‚ like saying that the dead person has simply “gone to sleep.” Not only can that kind of
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Meursault uses euphemism for his own advantage as he thinks about his execution in this line‚“‘Well‚ so I’m going to die.’ Sooner than other people will‚ obviously. But everybody knows life isn’t worth living.” (Meursault‚ 114). This makes the audience have a sense of frightening
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TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION 2010 9 Euphemisms and English Lear ning ( 511325) 【Abstract 】Euphemisms are a linguistic technique for people to achieve various goals in communication.So mastering euphemisms is very important for our English learning.This passage mainly talks about relations of euphemisms and English learning. 【Key words 】Euphemism ；English learning 1 Introduction Euphemisms are “defensive in nature offsetting the power of tabooed terms and otherwise eradicating from the language
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A Study on English Euphemism Euphemism is defined in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(1978)as¡°(an example of)the use of a pleasanter£¬less direct name for something thought to be unpleasant.¡± The New Edition of the Oxford Concise Dictionary (1976) defines euphemism as ¡°Substitution of mild or vague or roundabout expression for harsh or direct one; expression that substituted.¡± Euphemism is to use a polite or vague word or phrase used to replace another word or phrase that is thought
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Masaryk University Brno Faculty of Education Department of English Language and Literature Euphemisms Brno 2012 Author: Mgr. Kristýna Šebková Supervisor: Mgr. Radek Vogel‚ PhD. 1 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisor Mgr. Radek Vogel‚ Ph.D. for revising my thesis and his helpful and friendly attitude. 2 Declaration I hereby declare that this paper is completely my own work and that I used only the sources listed in the bibliography. ....................
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A euphemism is defined as a non-harmful phrase or word used to substitute another word or phrase that is seen as‚ in some way‚ unpleasant. These words and phrases‚ though created with the best possible intentions‚ are slowly causing the English language to decay. For example‚ penitentiaries used to be led by a warden. In an effort to seem politically correct‚ penitentiaries‚ prisons and jails have been renamed to the‚ allegedly less controversial‚ title of “correctional facility” or “detention facility
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PHI215 --- Film Response Form Daniel Wray‚ Instructor Name: ______Denise M Porter________________ Date: ____March 24‚ 2012___ Title of Film: ______Science Revises the Heavens___________________________ Summarize the theme(s) or thesis of the film: The film discusses the different discoveries (mostly in astronomy) which led to the scientific revolution. List important facts or points you observe in the film: · In today’s world: 1. Space exploration 2. Genes are engineered
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QUIZ #1 ENGLISH 7 Language NAME: _______________________YEAR AND SECTION: _________________DATE: _____________________ I. Decide whether each of the following word groups is a sentence or a sentence fragment. If the word group is a sentence‚ write S on the line provided. If it is a sentence fragment‚ write F. _________ 1. Taking a canoe trip in Canada. _________ 2. Sufficient food for a week’s journey. _________ 3. Others had camped there before us. _________ 4. Ashes
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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
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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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