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  • Original research article
  • November 1, 2015
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MEANS TO FORM EUPHEMISMS IN THE PUBLICISTIC DISCOURSE OF THE MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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Abstract

The article examines the means to form euphemisms, their functioning in the modern English publicistic texts and their structural characteristics which are directly related to the formative means of these units. The research aims to systematize and classify the means for the formation of euphemisms of the English language.

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Author information

Elena Alekseevna Mishutinskaya

Vyatka State University

Irina Sergeevna Zlobina

Vyatka State University

Larisa Nikolaevna Ponomarenko

Vyatka State University

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Publication history

  • Published: November 1, 2015.

Keywords

  • эвфемизмы
  • политкорректные варианты
  • способы образования
  • сфера употребления
  • структурные характеристики
  • euphemisms
  • politically correct variants
  • means of formation
  • sphere of usage
  • structural characteristics

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