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2008 | 29 | 109-118

Article title

EUPHEMISTIC NAMES OF PROFESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND POLISH

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Languages of publication

EN

Abstracts

EN
One reaches for euphemism whenever s/he wants to avoid unpleasant word or topic. This is our shield against everything that is, in our view, bad and may hurt our interlocutor or us. We just try to improve imperfect world around us. Hence it is not surprising that our grey professional life should be coloured a little. The best way to do it, without going on strike, is to create unusual names for our professions. This paper focuses on euphemistic names of professions in English and Polish giving some interesting examples and showing ways of coining them.

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Year

Volume

29

Pages

109-118

Physical description

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

  • Adriana Luczkowska, Uniwersytet Slaski w Katowicach, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
09PLAAAA064510

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.1e90b236-fc03-3a6f-b1f7-3332e4074cd6
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