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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ability to choose anything on their own nor any feelings. Throughout this image‚ several euphemisms are used. In order to undermine the significance of the events‚ cover up the bad things and prevent the community to have any feelings. We can analyse these euphemisms in two groups ways: the euphemisms used for the community and their lives and the euphemisms used for the feelings. The first group of euphemisms
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○ ○ SCIENCE & 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
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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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Euphemisms Euphemisms are everywhere in today’s society. They are a daily accessory used in today’s language and are such a normalcy that one does not notice them as strange. For hundreds of years people have used language to persuade people or even nations. With the more advanced society gets so does the language and thus this persuasion gets even more convincing. Many novels show examples of euphemisms. Among those novels includes 1984 by George Orwell. Euphemisms can range from being used in
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William Lutz‚ an author specialised in the use of simple and comprehensible language and the avoidance of jargons. “With these words I can sell you anything” illustrate the idiom of marketing‚ how businesses use marketing strategies to attract consumers into purchasing their products. Lutz claims that companies use “weasel words” to confuse and deceive the public. Such words are described in different topics and each of them gives us quite a few examples of how advertisers use these confusing statements
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The tragedy “Macbeth” written by William Shakespeare portrays Macbeth as a man who was once a great hero‚ that falls victim of his ambition for power. This ambition is induced by factors including Lady Macbeth‚ the witches prophecies and the guilt and remorse felt by Macbeth in regards to the deed he was to commit. These are the factors that contribute to the downfall of Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is characterized as an ambitious woman who can manipulate Macbeth easily. This is shown in (Act 1 Scene
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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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issues discussed in class in second half of the course. The three readings I will be referencing are Ayers and Lutz on the military and Latinos‚ also I will reference the “Without Immigrant Labor‚ The Economy Would Crumble” by Tamar Jacoby which focuses on the reliance on Immigrants in the U.S economic structure. The first article‚ “Military Recruiters are Using and Abusing our Kids” by William Ayers‚ focuses on military recruitment in schools. The article starts by giving examples of people who have
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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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