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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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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In this paper‚ we are going to examine the stereotypes used by others to define mostly what are of common or personal thoughts toward a certain group of people or a generalized characteristic that thought to be in a group’s type. “When a writer or speaker lumps a group of individuals together under one name or description‚ especially one that begins with the word “the” (the liberal‚ the Communist‚ the right-winger‚ the Jew‚ the Catholic‚ and so on)‚ such labeling generally results in stereotyping”
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| "Bite the bullet" | To endure a painful or unpleasant situation that is unavoidable. | "Bite the dust" | Euphemism for dying or death. | "Break a leg" | A saying from the theatre that means "good luck." | "Burn the midnight oil" | To work late into the night‚ alluding to the time before electric lighting. | "Bust one’s chops" | To say things intended to
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Describe an interesting idea in your text Explain why this idea was interesting In the novel ‘Unwind’ by Neal Shusterman‚ an interesting idea is the idea of the collective vs. the individual. This interesting idea was shown to me in three manifestations. The idea of the collective vs. the individual was shown to me through an individual conquering a collective‚ language manipulation and human rights. In the dystopian world of ‘Unwind’‚ between the ages of thirteen and eighteen‚ a teenager may
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