TY - CHAP
T1 - Euphemisms and Dysphemisms
AU - Burridge, Kathryn
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - From the earliest periods in history, and in all human societies, themes such as “private parts,” bodily functions, sex, incest, lust, notions of social status, hate, dishonesty, drunkenness, madness, disease, death, dangerous animals, fear, and God have inspired taboos and inhibitions. Thus, this has led to a considerable impact on languages by censoring discussion of these topics. Euphemism and dysphemism are frequently the result of these taboos
AB - From the earliest periods in history, and in all human societies, themes such as “private parts,” bodily functions, sex, incest, lust, notions of social status, hate, dishonesty, drunkenness, madness, disease, death, dangerous animals, fear, and God have inspired taboos and inhibitions. Thus, this has led to a considerable impact on languages by censoring discussion of these topics. Euphemism and dysphemism are frequently the result of these taboos
UR - http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/abstract/document/obo-9780199772810/obo-9780199772810-0210.xml?rskey=sH4AoW&result=65
U2 - 10.1093/OBO/9780199772810-0210
DO - 10.1093/OBO/9780199772810-0210
M3 - Encyclopaedia / Dictionary Entry
BT - Oxford Bibliographies in Linguistics
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -
