THE WORDS / WRONGS OF CORRUPTION. SENSATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE TERM "CORRUPTION" AND ITS EUPHEMISMS: A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH Cover Image

LES MOTS/MAUX DE LA CORRUPTION. SENSATIONS ET PERCEPTIONS DU TERME CORRUPTION ET DE SES EUPHEMISMES: UNE APPROCHE CONTRASTIVE
THE WORDS / WRONGS OF CORRUPTION. SENSATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF THE TERM "CORRUPTION" AND ITS EUPHEMISMS: A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH

Author(s): Corina Veleanu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: euphemisms; jurilinguistics; comparison

Summary/Abstract: The present paper is based on the contrastive analysis of press articles in French, English and Romanian, and targets euphemisms used in relation with the legal term “corruption”. It aims to identify various perceptions and sensations triggered by the Panama files scandal

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 17-25
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: French