misrepresented to gain the favor of the populous. This is evident in Orwell’s writing and in the “Hackvists” documentary‚ often during the course of Knappenberger’s documentary it is shown that euphemisms can greatly mislead and disrupt events in society. Orwell expresses similar views on the topic of euphemisms. In his writings Orwell conveys that a government’s ability to abuse power for gain is completely unjust‚ this coincides with the hacktivist point of view on freedom of speech and oppression
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but on the other there is another type of slavery going on in cooperate businesses. In these two essays I chose and plan to tell you about the oppression in “Caged Bird” (Angelou‚ M.) and the oppression in “Life Under the Chief Doublespeak officer” (Lutz‚ W.) which he shows with the firing of people. Oppression whether by a slaves masters or by the leaders of major corporations‚
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Article review Arabic euphemism: the question of politeness in translation Purpose: The article explains euphemism definition and shows the main characteristics of euphemism and the use of it in several discourses. It provides Arabic examples of euphemisms that been used by native speakers of Arabic language. Also‚ it explains the reason behind using this linguistic politeness strategy. In addition the study expose the use o euphemism in the old classical Arabic with examples occurred in the
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George Carlin expresses his views about euphemisms in 1990 when he wrote “Doin it’ again.” He states that Americans use euphemism because they can’t accept the truth. He expands on this idea by giving examples of how Americans use soft words so they don’t offend other people when in reality there is nothing offensive about the word. Carlin observed this multiple times and started to realize that this was happening to often and how it was pointless for people to make things seem better
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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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Through many of his poems‚ William Carlos Williams presents the reality of poverty among a great portion of the American society. Within Williams’ work of Selected Poems‚ he not only reveals the trapped lifestyle of those living in poverty‚ but he also represents the horror of the war between social classes along with the coinciding war on the poor. Williams’ use of plutonic images among these poems provides powerful meaning to his argument of American societal values‚ claiming the men of America
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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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Death Euphemisms Between Chinese and English: A Contrastive Analysis Abstract Euphemism is a typical and common cultural phenomenon in both Chinese and English communities‚ which has a long standing history. Death euphemism‚ which plays a vital role in linguistics‚ is an important component of euphemism. The thesis tends to make a contrastive analysis of death euphemism between Chinese and English under the two absolutely different culture characteristics and to explore the deep culture connotations
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