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Euphemism and political correctness in contemporary English
- Authors: Rubina NB1
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- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
- Issue: No 4 (2011)
- Pages: 35-41
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/9787
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The presented article is devoted to the consideration of such linguistic category as the political correctness which was widely adopted in the English-speaking countries and made considerable impact on modern English language. Linguistic political correctness is the most curious language theme to ignore which, means to miss the major aspect of modern English language.
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N B Rubina
Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaКафедра иностранных языковФилологический факультет; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
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