Euphemism & dysphemism : language used as shield and weapon, Keith Allan, Kate Burridge

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Euphemism & dysphemism : language used as shield and weapon, Keith Allan, Kate Burridge

Title remainder

language used as shield and weapon

Statement of responsibility

Keith Allan, Kate Burridge

Instantiates

• Euphemism & dysphemism : language used as shield and weapon

Publication

• New York | Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Introductory remarks on language used as shield and weapon -- Euphemism, dysphemism, and cross-varietal synonymy -- Euphemism in addressing and naming -- Bodily effluvia, sex, and tabooed body-parts -- The lexicon for bodily effluvia, sex, and tabooed body-parts -- Ways of being abusive: taboo terms as insults, epithets, and expletives -- Never say die: death, dying, and killing -- Unease in talking about disease -- Distinguishing between jargon, style, and x-phemism -- Language as a veil: artful euphemism -- Language used as shield and weapon

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ocm22542447

Dimensions

24 cm.

Extent

xii, 263 p.

Isbn

9780195066227

Lccn

90049602

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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b2637320