Towards a distinction between non-euphemistic and euphemism-based politically correct expressions
A relevance-theoretic perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14962269 |
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| Authors | Tatiana Golubeva (0000-0002-3909-5364, Federal University de Minas Gerais, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 504-528 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1018-2101 • E-ISSN: 2406-4238 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/prag.23032.gol |
| OpenAlex | W4402193354 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
This qualitative research is the first attempt to analyse differences in the interpretation of politically correct (PC) expressions by using relevance-theoretic and lexical pragmatics tools. The results suggest that PC language can be non-euphemistic and euphemism-based. Non-euphemistic PC expressions achieve relevance by explicitly communicating their lexically encoded conceptual content. Euphemism-based PC expressions become relevant by communicating some concepts and propositions that are not lexically encoded by them and are inferred logically from the utterance context or/and by accessing encyclopaedic information. These concepts and propositions constitute euphemistic meaning and are recovered at explicit and implicit levels, as well as with varying degrees of strength
Epistemology · Euphemism · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Highly cited | No |
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