JIANGHAN ACADEMIC ›› 2008, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 55-57.

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Linguistic Analysis of Military Euphemism

XIANG Yin   

  1. Elementary Science Department of Military Economy Academy, Wuhan 430000,China
  • Received:2008-09-02 Online:2008-12-01 Published:2014-01-02

Abstract: Military euphemism is not just a rhetorical but rather a social phenomenon. It mostly serves the specific political purpose. It is helpful in uncovering the presentation and cognizing the true meaning to fully know its structural patterns, semantic feature, pragmatic principles and functions. Such holds an important and realistic significance in knowing its social effects.

Key words: military euphemisms, semantic features, pragmatic principles, pragmatic functions

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