Bad Memories for Orwell. George Orwell demonstrated how writers and politicians use euphemisms‚ doublespeak‚ and other misconceptions to mislead their audience and hide their real agenda; he exposed politicians in his times and predicted future trends and practices in the English language usage. He expected the English language to deteriorate and individual thoughts and expression to be limited. His goal was to make people understand this practice and see through public speeches and political writings
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The study on comparison and translation between English and Chinese Euphemisms Gao Hongqin Southwest University Abstract: Euphemism is one kind of figures of speech and it refers to the substitution of mild or vague or roundabout expression for harsh or direct one. As an indispensable and natural part of language‚ euphemism has been arousing wide interest. Achievements in the study of euphemism from the perspectives of rhetoric‚ semantics‚ pragmatics and sociolinguists have
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Abstract Political euphemism is a tool for political leaders to control information transmission. Based on some examples‚ this paper begins with a summary of three features which distinguish political euphemism from others. Then‚ it discusses its two social functions based on Austin’s Speech Act Theory: 1. as political leaders’ tool‚ political euphemism plays the role of hiding the truth and legalizing wrong behaviors; 2. it influences people’s sense of right and wrong as well as their understanding
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But we didn’t really know what that meant” (page 69). The only purpose of these students is to serve the “human”. Regarded as non human bodies that are raised to a certain age in order to donate their vital organs and “complete”; a common euphemism for death that is used throughout the novel. Such an exceedingly cruel and barbaric system is almost hard to digest‚ which is built upon these entities to benefit the working class. Ruth himself lets his emotions get the best of him when he says
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Analysis of Euphemism from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle [Abstract]: Euphemism plays an important role in our daily interaction with others. Appropriate use of euphemism guarantees smooth communication between speakers. Likewise‚ the Cooperative Principle and the Politeness Principle also ensure efficient and successful communication among people. However‚ it is notable that the actual use of euphemisms violates the Cooperative Principle while observing the Politeness
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Language is a medium of communication that allows people to share things one to another as well as to express their communicative needs (Wardhaugh‚ 1997:07). As a social creature‚ human needs a tool called language to communicate to others. In communication‚ participants are given chance to share information and belief‚ exchange ideas and feelings‚ make plans and solve problems. Every language can create new words to describe new situation and objects. Therefore
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1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING UNIVERSITY OF DANANG PHAN TH THU TH Y AN INVESTIGATION INTO ENGLISH - VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION OF EUPHEMISM Subject Area : The English Language Code : 60.22.15 M.A. THESIS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Supervisor: TR N ĐÌNH NGUYÊN‚ M.A. DANANG - 2011 i DECLARATION Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis‚ this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole or in part from a thesis by which I have qualified
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Language and the Social Construction of Reality: Spinning Social Reality with Euphemisms Steve Eliason Montana State University‚ Billings ABSTRACT This paper describes an exercise I use in my introductory sociology classes that introduces students to language and the social construction of reality process. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is widely taught in introductory sociology classes and suggests that we perceive the world in terms of our own language‚ and that individual languages produce different
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1 Mary Anne Lightfoot English 1101.308 Fall 2014 QUESTION: In paragraph 7‚ Sullivan refers to a “euphemism.” What is a euphemism and what examples does he give? In what way do euphemisms “build a wall between gay people and their own families”? Given his argument‚ do you think Sullivan would consider the term same-sex marriage (which he doesn’t use) a euphemism? Why or why not? Euphemisms Hurt Creating emotional bonds and forming loving relationships are tough skills to learn for most human
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Modern Use of Euphemisms Code switching‚ lying‚ and slang play important roles in how people interact with one another. As society moves into a more technological age‚ the way humans interact with each other changes drastically. The most important areas in which code changing plays its role would appear in how people‚ particularly teenagers‚ interact with parents‚ friends‚ and teachers. As they “are milder or less abrasive form of a negative description instead of its original‚ unsympathetic form”
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