Language and communication
Syntactic euphemism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20309930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Penelope (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 473-485 |
| Publication date | 1981-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Paper in Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1251 • E-ISSN: 2224-3380 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08351818109370549 |
| OpenAlex | W2325571196 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Linguists have tended to assume naively that language is used only to convey information with maximum efficiency, ignoring speaker manipulation of the communication in complex ways. Expository prose examples make it clear that language use is a subjective projection on the part of the speaker‐writer
Euphemism · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Projection (relational algebra) · Computer Science · Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |