Euphemistic Dysphemisms and Their Connection with Obscene Vocabulary in the Youth English Oral Speech of the XXI Century

 
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Abstract

The following article is devoted to the study of euphemistic dysphemisms and their connection with obscene vocabulary in the youth English oral speech of the XXI century. The concepts of "dysphemism" and "euphemistic dysphemism", the peculiarities of their use in oral speech, the connection with profanity are studied. Based on the personal experience and research, some words and expressions of the English language related to euphemistic dysphemisms are presented and contextually analyzed.

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Keywords: dysphemism, dysphemization, euphemistic dysphemisms, obscene vocabulary, occasionality

Journal rubric: General and Comparative Historical Linguistics

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2024110405

Received 01.11.2024

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For citation: Varfolomeev, F.V. (2024). Euphemistic Dysphemisms and Their Connection with Obscene Vocabulary in the Youth English Oral Speech of the XXI Century. Language and Text, 11(4), 41–47. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/langt.2024110405

© Varfolomeev F.V., 2024

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Fedor V. Varfolomeev, PhD student, Lecturer, Department of Linguodidactics and Intercultural Communication, Institute “Foreign Languages, Modern Communications and Management”, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education (MSUPE), Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4808-7921, e-mail: fvarfolomeev756@gmail.com

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