An intercultural study of euphemistic strategies used in Saudi Arabic and American English
People often use euphemistic utterances or expressions to avoid offensive or tabooed topics, to make them more implicit and considerate. This paper explores the euphemistic strategies used in Saudi Arabic and American English. The sample of this study includes 145 college students (78 Saudis and 67...
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| Language: | English |
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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
2018-05-01
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| Series: | Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/11466 |