time. It must have been a frightening time too‚ “of coming to terms with same-sex sexuality‚ to invent language for its designation‚ control‚ and prosecution”‚ no wonder James choose to write a novella with “suggestive yet sheltering language of euphemism and denotative‚ confessional discourse that would expose ‘monstrous’ secrets.” (Matheson). In the beginning of The Turn of the Screw there is a Prologue‚ which is told by an unnamed narrator‚ where a character that we meet named Douglass‚ who has
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Carson claims how there has been a growing trend in the unnecessary application of parathion and how farmers are trying to “control” the concentration of birds. By putting quotes around a euphemism meant to curtail the severity of the killings‚ Carson actually emphasizes her argument against the farmers. She stresses the delusion in the farmers’ argument‚ as they are clearly annihilating the birds instead of controlling them. This word choice
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While many turn to religion for explanations to help‚ people tend to push death as far from them as they can. Even in “Joyas Voldoras‚” Doyle retains the idea and thought of death to a minimum‚ employing euphemisms to discuss death. This fear leads to disillusion‚ and people thinking that death will not effect them until it becomes too close to ignore‚ whether with the death of a close family member‚ or the rapidly failing health of their own self. With Doyle’s
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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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536 Sardis Street Pearl‚ MS 39208 Katrina_lutz@yahoo.com In the last three months it has come to my attention that several changes have been occurring‚ since Jessica Hilo has been on medical leave. The last three months we have more increased cost due to overtime‚ poor quality of work‚ tardiness and variations of break time. Every two executives have one secretary to help support the current team. Jack Snyder supports Jessica Hilo and Ralph Alane‚ while Ruth Disselkoen supports Samuel and
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45-48 DOI:10.3968/j.sss.1923018420130404.C613 Euphemism From Sociolinguistics Perspective CHI Ren[a]‚*; HAO Yu[a] [a] * acknowledged that in every language‚ there are a certain amount of euphemisms. Euphemisms are used in place of some sensitive‚ unpleasant‚ disturbing and taboo topics. Enright stated “A language without euphemisms would be a defective instrument of communication” (Enright‚ 1985‚ p.29). Hugh Rawson also affirmed “Euphemisms are embedded so deeply in our language that
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former friend‚ grandfatherly-figure‚ and mentor. Hello‚ I am Brandon Kemble for those of you who don’t know me‚ and consider the Hawkins family a part of my own. It is for this reason that I am here‚ before you‚ to share the love I had for Allan. Allan Lutz Hawkins‚ or‚ better referred to by my present and former childhood self as‚ “Mr. Hawkins‚” was a wonderful and inspirational soul who lived every moment for and by the present; and it was his presence that left an indelible impression upon me and altered
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Term Paper Application of Euphemism: Reflection of Cultures Introduction Euphemism is “example of the use of pleasant‚ mild or indirect words‚ or phrases in place of more accurate or direct ones” (Oxford for Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese dictionary page 491). It is also defined as “a kind of expressing method which aims at making people feel less embarrassed by using some words with vague and ambiguous meaning instead of those which may make people feel unpleasant and not respected” in Dictionary
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Cross-Cultural Communication Vol. 8‚ No. 6‚ 2012‚ pp. 66-70 DOI:10.3968/j.ccc.1923670020120806.1356 ISSN 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
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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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