Euphemistic Strategies Used by Iranian EFL Learners: Death and Lying in Focus
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Research/Original Article (بدون رتبه معتبر)
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Euphemism is a communicative strategy used to frame a polite or less offensive language and to save peoples public face in communication. This study investigated the euphemistic strategies used by Persian speakers in situations associated with death and lying. Warrens model of euphemism was drawn on as the analytic model guiding the study. To conduct the study, 60 male and female university students were randomly selected. The data were gathered through copies of an open-ended questionnaire and then analyzed. It was found that figurative expression, implication, overstatement, understatement, and particularization were the most frequently used euphemistic strategies among the participants in the contexts of death and lying. The study also revealed that there was no relationship between gender and the choice of euphemistic strategies. The findings implied that euphemistic strategies might reflect cultural and religious values.
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English
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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Applied Literature: Dynamics and Advances, Volume:4 Issue: 1, Winter - Spring 2016
Pages:
63 to 80
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