Sexually explicit euphemism in Martin Amiss Yellow Dog

The main aim of this paper is to provide an overview of a euphemistic modality that I shall call ‘explicit euphemism’, i.e. a means of dealing with the realm of sex while avoiding the coarse words, especially the so-called ‘four-letter words’ relatedto sex (cunt, fuck, etc.). The present study inten...

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Autor: Crespo Fernández, Eliecer
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/42364
Acceso en línea:http://www.miscelaneajournal.net/index.php/misc
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/42364
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Euphemism
Sex
Taboo
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Sumario:The main aim of this paper is to provide an overview of a euphemistic modality that I shall call ‘explicit euphemism’, i.e. a means of dealing with the realm of sex while avoiding the coarse words, especially the so-called ‘four-letter words’ relatedto sex (cunt, fuck, etc.). The present study intends to explore the patterns of explicit euphemism via examples excerpted from Martin Amis’s Yellow Dog.