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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Jihad’s Arabic Grammar Notes The ‘alif-ba’According to My Transliteration: aa‚ b‚ t‚ th‚ j‚ H‚ kh‚ d‚ dh‚ r‚ z‚ s‚ sh‚ S‚ D‚ T‚ TH‚ `(this is not ’‚ but the thing on the left of my ‘1’ key)‚ rh‚ f‚ q‚ k‚ l‚ m‚ n‚ h‚ w (or oo)‚ y (or ee). ‘fatHatun’: a; ‘Dammatun’: u; ‘kasratun’: i; ‘shaddatun’: xx; ‘tanweenun’: I add a ‘n’ to the ‘harakatun’; ‘hamzatu-l’qaTa`i’: I just write the ‘harakatun’ or a ‘ ‘ ’ when necessary; ‘hamzatu-l’waSli’ (when not pronounced): -x’; (when pronounced): same as ‘hamzatu-l’qaTa’i’
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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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From: Richard Abdul Rahman Hello Muhammad‚ I hope this letter meets you well. I am Richard Abdul Rahman Sule ‚ younger brother to Peter Abdul Rahaman Sule‚ the leader of the key opposition group United Democratic Forum‚ has been under arrest since November 3‚ 2011 over allegations linking him to the formation of a new rebel group fighting against the government. I am a Christian native of the newly independent state of South Sudan and I am in urgent need of your help. Due to the current spate
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Jaber Engl 301A 9th Dec 2013 Reorder of Sounds Rules (Metathesis in Arabic) According to a synchronic study of Metathesis in Eastern Arabic by Shadia Banjar‚ Metathesis exists in Arabic language which is a phonological process of transposition of sounds within a word and it involves redistribution of consonants‚ thus a change of the linear order of the word segments takes place. Also‚ Arabic dialects differ from Standard Arabic in that they have a reduced and restructured consonant system but more
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Japanese and Arabic Language Although Japanese and Arabic languages ranked as top ten languages used in the web in 2011‚ there are significant differences in the number of internet users and the percentage of growth between Arabic and Japanese language. (www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm). This essay compares the ratio between Japanese and Arabic language in the Internet and then discusses the reasons for this differences. Although Arabic population was higher than Japanese by over than
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An example of this is the text is referring to the murder of King Duncan as the ’deed’. Lady Macbeth describes the action of murdering King Duncan through the words ’to catch the nearest way’. The use of this euphemism to describe the action of killing Duncan can be seen as though she is trying to hide the harsh imagery of blood and violence in the action of murder. This is an example of Lady Macbeth’s diminishing sense of conscientiousness. The composer also uses
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DIGLOSSIA Sociolinguistics encompasses a broad range of concerns including the use of two or more language varieties in distinct social domains within the same speech community. In other words‚ the use of two distinct varieties of the same language for different functions. There are many societies where the official language that is used at schools or media is significantly different from that used at home or in ordinary conversations and often called a “dialect” or “vernacular”. Such a
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Vocabulary of the Holy Quran # Word Meaning 1 ﻋﻮذto take refuge‚ to take protection ٌْ َ 2 أﻋﻮذI take refuge‚ I take protection ُْ ُ َ 3 بof‚ with‚ by‚ in ِ 4 ﻣﻦfrom‚ of‚ some of‚ since‚ then ِْ 5 رﺟﻴﻢstoned‚ cursed‚ damned ٌِْ َ 6 اﺳﻢname‚ noun ٌْ ِ 7 َﻟ ﱠﺣﻤﻦBeneficent‚ Compassionate ُ َْ اﺮ 8 َﻟﺮﺣﻴﻢmerciful‚ Compassionate ٌِْ ا ﱠ 9 اﻟﺤﻤﺪthe praise‚ thanks‚ commend‚ admire ُ ْ َ َْ 10 لfor‚ because of‚ due to‚ for the sake of ِ 11
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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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