Obama’s Euphemisms: Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq Rationale Euphemisms are used in writing to reduce offenses or disturbances in the audience created by certain words or phrases. Euphemisms are widely used in normal social contexts‚ the media and even politics. Politicians use euphemisms in their rhetoric to lessen the impact of their words to avoid creating alarm and heighten emotions. Political euphemisms often “sugar coat” the real message and do not give an actual portrayal of the message
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metaphors; political and war euphemisms. Abstract. The main objectives of this thesis are to analyze and describe the linguistic means of creating and strengthening the pragmatic potential of the socio-political texts of the American and British press‚ to reveal their influence on the public intellectual and emotional conscience. The thesis is concentrated on the investigation of the pragmatics of conceptual political metaphors and political and war euphemisms as the main language means
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describes the four categories of doublespeak that are euphemism‚ jargon‚ gobbledygook‚ and inflated.
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descriptions best captures the difference between a euphemism and a dysphemism? A. A dysphemism is employed to create a negative effect on a reader’s attitude‚ and a euphemism is employed to create a positive effect on a reader’s attitude. A dysphemism is a form of rhetoric‚ but a euphemism is not. A euphemism is employed to create a negative effect on a reader’s attitude‚ and a dysphemism is employed to create a positive effect on a reader’s attitude. A euphemism is a form of rhetoric‚ but a dysphemism is
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The Giver Euthanasia Euthanasia refers to the practice of s deliberated intervention undertaken to produce the termination of a very sick person’s life in order to relieve them from their suffering. Euthanasia can be categorized in voluntary euthanasia‚ non-voluntary euthanasia‚ involuntary euthanasia‚ active or passive euthanasia. The voluntary euthanasia takes place when a person wants die and says so and asks for the help of somebody or something else to die. Non-voluntary euthanasia refers
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جامعة تشرين كلية الآداب قسم اللغة الإنكليزية المادة لغة حلقة بحث بعنوان: Taboo Words and Euphemisms إعداد الطالب : أحمد خويلد بإشراف الدكتورة: أمينة معتوق Taboo words and Euphemisms Taboo: is a word or phrase not to be used or at least it is consedevd as not polite to use the word "Taboo" came from tongan‚it refers to acts that are forbedden. words are considered as taboo words because of: fear‚ tradition‚ education‚ hurting‚ language beauty and social
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A euphemism (from the Greek words eu - well and pheme - speak) is a word or expression that is used when people want to find a polite or less direct way of talking about difficult or embarrassing topics like death or the bodily functions. Most people‚ for example‚ would find it very difficult to say in plain language that they have arranged for their sick old dog to be killed. They would soften the pain by saying: We had Fido put down or We had Fido put to sleep. Many people prefer to call someone plain than
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In today’s generation‚ society has taught us that euphemisms protect an individual from being offended as people tend to use words that appear to be more socially acceptable than those that express the truth. The reason that society uses euphemisms is because people are not willing to be straightforward‚ and instead would rather use words to present themselves as being more sensitive to a particular circumstance. Society has accepted that people are pushing away from being authentic‚ and leaning
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in this world you will need to effectively exchange ideas and visions. Therefore‚ this can be accomplished by avoiding certain barriers that may hinder clarity. These barriers are Sexist and racist language‚ double speak‚ Cliché‚ Slang‚ Jargon‚ Euphemism. Sexist and Racist language is when the communicator uses language the may be considered derogatory to certain people or groups. Use of this language is a sometimes by mistake and is a breakdown of communications. For Example‚ as a supervisor‚
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Doublespeak and Propoganda Doublespeak is a part of everyday life. Turning on the television‚ commercials and advertisements bombard households with doublespeak. Advertisers use doublespeak in the way of euphemisms‚ color‚ bold words‚ jargon‚ gobbledygook and inflated language. Doublespeak is a non-stop flow of phrases to manipulate consumer’s basic emotions and get certain reactions. For example‚ oxiclean advertisements use a form of propaganda called “weasel words”; phrases like “new and
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