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Functional features of metaphoric and metonymic euphemisms in media discourse

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dc.contributor.author Harkova E.
dc.contributor.author Shigapova F.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-18T20:27:23Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-18T20:27:23Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.issn 1841-0464
dc.identifier.uri https://dspace.kpfu.ru/xmlui/handle/net/140069
dc.description.abstract © 2014, Ecozone, OAIMDD. All rights reserved. The objective of the given article is to outline a range of lexical ways of euphemism formation. Research materials include euphemistic expressions of contemporary English, obtained by continuous selections from British and American newspapers. In this paper a number of units and euphemistic phrases, not recorded in the dictionary, are exposed to a detailed analysis. To achieve this goal, the following methods: logical method; definitional and contextual methods of analysis; descriptive method; method of structural and semantic descriptions; comparative method are used.
dc.relation.ispartofseries European Journal of Science and Theology
dc.subject Euphemism formation
dc.subject Metaphor
dc.subject Metonymy
dc.subject Negative connotation
dc.subject Transference of meaning
dc.title Functional features of metaphoric and metonymic euphemisms in media discourse
dc.type Article
dc.relation.ispartofseries-issue 6
dc.relation.ispartofseries-volume 10
dc.collection Публикации сотрудников КФУ
dc.relation.startpage 105
dc.source.id SCOPUS18410464-2014-10-6-SID84911888606


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    Коллекция содержит публикации сотрудников Казанского федерального (до 2010 года Казанского государственного) университета, проиндексированные в БД Scopus, начиная с 1970г.

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