Functioning of euphemisms in English mass media discourse
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https://doi.org/10.31548/philolog0(276).2017.0154%20-%20160Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of the functioning of euphemisms in the English mass-media discourse. The language of the media is a socially-conditioned realization of the national language, where the state of all its styles and sub-styles is reflected to a greater or lesser extent. This causes a great interest of linguists in the media texts. Despite the fact that the texts of newspapers and magazines have been thoroughly studied, they are still a worthy material for linguistic observations. Relying on the modern British and American press, we have studied the linguistic phenomena inherent in the English language of the early 21st century. Thus, the media plays a big role in modern society, being the main source of information and an instrument for influencing people's speech behavior. It should be noted that nowadays media texts are the center of the stylistic system of language, therefore, the question of the responsibility of the creators of the replicated information is especially topical in this situation.
The study of the English language mass media discourse was carried out in linguistic, linguistic, social, and psychological aspects, since the media are the main source of information and an instrument for influencing people's speech behavior.
Particular attention was drawn to examples of the use of euphemisms for political correctness. Specific examples were given, taken from real articles of the British press.
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