A study of the pragmatic features of english euphemism and its communication functions in expressing sexuality
This thesis is aimed at investigating how English euphemisms are applied in communicative contexts. It has focused on the study of the pragmatic features of English euphemisms in expressing sexuality, mainly speech acts. Examples are taken from American movie extracts and literary works in r...
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oai:data.ufl.udn.vn:UFL-10752025-03-04T08:09:54Z A study of the pragmatic features of english euphemism and its communication functions in expressing sexuality Lvths2015-60.22.02.01-11 communication functions english euphemism pragmatic features This thesis is aimed at investigating how English euphemisms are applied in communicative contexts. It has focused on the study of the pragmatic features of English euphemisms in expressing sexuality, mainly speech acts. Examples are taken from American movie extracts and literary works in relation to sexual language and conversational analysis is done to see how these pragmatic features have helped understanding the speaker’s communicative intension without mensioning unpleasant words or embarrassing expressions. This study also discusses the correlation between English euphemisms and their contexts. The findings of the study are hoped to uncover English euphemisms and direct expressions in the process of translating scripts for movies or literary works related to sexuality. 2025-03-04T08:09:49Z 2025-03-04T08:09:49Z 2015 Thesis https://data.ufl.udn.vn/handle/UFL/1075 en application/pdf Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng |
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This thesis is aimed at investigating how English euphemisms are
applied in communicative contexts. It has focused on the study of the
pragmatic features of English euphemisms in expressing sexuality, mainly
speech acts. Examples are taken from American movie extracts and literary
works in relation to sexual language and conversational analysis is done to see
how these pragmatic features have helped understanding the speaker’s
communicative intension without mensioning unpleasant words or
embarrassing expressions. This study also discusses the correlation between
English euphemisms and their contexts. The findings of the study are hoped to
uncover English euphemisms and direct expressions in the process of
translating scripts for movies or literary works related to sexuality. |
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A study of the pragmatic features of english euphemism and its communication functions in expressing sexuality |
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Đại học Ngoại ngữ, Đại học Đà Nẵng |
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