ABOUT THEMATIC EUPHEMISMS
Keywords:
Taboo, euphemism, ethnolinguistics, euphemistic speech, euphemistic proverb, pornographic euphemism, euphemism in pastoral speech.Abstract
This article analyzes taboo and euphemism, the foundations of their formation, the criteria of euphemistic meaning, and the classificatory bases of euphemisms. The stages of euphemism formation and scholarly debates about euphemism are examined, and the role of euphemisms in modern society is discussed. Examples of euphemisms from both ancient and contemporary periods are presented. Euphemistic speech and its characteristics are also studied. Furthermore, the importance of euphemisms in human verbal communication in world linguistics and the research conducted by scholars on this topic are analyzed.
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