Essays about: "EUPHEMISM"

Found 4 essays containing the word EUPHEMISM.

  1. 1. Semantic change and the description of disability : A diachronic corpus study of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Andreas Johansson; [2022]
    Keywords : corpus of historical american english; euphemism; language change; lexical change; pejoration; semantics;

    Abstract : With data from the Corpus of Historical American English, this study charts the semantic development of lame, crippled, handicapped, and disabled from the 1900s to the 2010s. Using both qualitative concordance line examination and frequency data, it attempts to determine what types of change have occurred in American English (as represented by COHA) within each adjective. READ MORE

  3. 2. ENGLISH AND TAGALOG: A STUDY OF CODE SWITCHING IN PHILIPPINE TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Dianne Valize Garcia; [2021-11-15]
    Keywords : Code Switching; Philippine Advertisements; Tagalog; English; Bilingual Advertisements;

    Abstract : This paper aims to study the mixing of Tagalog and English in Philippine television advertisements. Specifically, this paper investigates three aspects: the frequency of code-switching, the types of code-switching utilising Poplack’s (1980) classification; and the motivations of code-switching employing Li’s (2000), and Bishop’s (2006) lists. READ MORE

  4. 3. He passed away watching people die on TV : A corpus study about euphemisms for to die, dying or dead in American English

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Hampus Kamph; [2021]
    Keywords : Taboo; Euphemisms; Death; Dead; Dying;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate the use and frequency of euphemisms for die, dying or dead in the American English-language using the Corpus of Contemporary American English. To fulfill the purpose, three research questions were answered. READ MORE

  5. 4. Euphemism: Sweet Talking or Deception?

    University essay from Engelska

    Author : Omar Abu Hammad; [2007]
    Keywords : Linguistics;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to shed light on euphemism in two different senses: sweet talking and deception. I shall treat euphemism from two different perspectives: the usual use of euphemism, sweet talking, in which it is used to maintain one's face and the orthophemistic sense, deception, where 'torture' is referred to as "enhanced interrogation techniques". READ MORE