POLITICALLY CORRECT MEANS OF PERSON’S NOMINATION IN CLIENTELE DISCOURSE

The purpose of the present article is to describe the patterns of politically correct naming of persons with disabilities, replacing direct human nominations, that can hurt one’s feelings and dignity. The article deals with the ways of politically correct persons’ nomination in the clientele discour...

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Main Author: Mikhaylova Margarita Sergeevna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House 2013-03-01
Series:Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem
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Summary:The purpose of the present article is to describe the patterns of politically correct naming of persons with disabilities, replacing direct human nominations, that can hurt one’s feelings and dignity. The article deals with the ways of politically correct persons’ nomination in the clientele discourse presented on the English-language web-sites of insurance and airline companies. The author gives the definition of the clientele discourse, educes the linguistic mechanism of politically correct persons’ naming in the English clientele discourse.
ISSN:2077-1770
2218-7405