Functions of euphemisms in newspapers headlines
- Authors: Orlova SN1
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Affiliations:
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
- Issue: No 2 (2011)
- Pages: 76-80
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-language-studies/article/view/9931
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Abstract
The author examines some particularities of newspaper headlines and analyses the main characteristics of euphemisms there: softening rude meaning, masking true sense, observance of the etiquette etc.
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S N Orlova
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Email: topsv@yandex.ru
Кафедра иностранных языков экономического факультета; Российский университет дружбы народов; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia