Tracing the Space Between Euphemisms and Dysphemisms: The Case of Obesity in English and German
The paper investigates how obesity as an aspect of physical appearance is represented in English and German. The existence of various expressions that refer to obesity leads to the assumption that both investigated languages rely on euphemisms and dysphemisms to talk about obesity. Using a corpus o...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2019-12-01
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| Series: | ELOPE |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/8537 |