DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES IN FREQUENCY AND OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EUPHEMISTIC EXPRESSIONS RELATED TO OBESITY IN DIFFERENT GENRES OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WRITTEN MEDIA AND AT DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS

Euphemisms are the main social lingua non franca. They allow speakers to mitigate the meaning of what has been said or what is going to be said if the words are offensive, indecent or unpleasant. Their analysis allows understanding what is going on in the language, minds and culture of people. The s...

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Main Authors: M. Laskova, K. Kotikova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: North-Caucasus Federal University 2021-09-01
Series:Гуманитарные и юридические исследования
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Online Access:https://humanitieslaw.ncfu.ru/jour/article/view/62
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