Beschreibung
This work focuses on analysing linguistic mechanisms (structural, semantic, rhetorical) used in the formation of historical synonyms of
in English. It also accounts for historical and cultural variations in the approach to sex relations. The analysis comprises synonyms dating from Old English up to Early Modern English.
Autorenportrait
Bo?ena Duda is a lecturer in the Institute of English Studies at the University of Rzeszów (Poland). Her main research interests include diachronic semantics, historical sociolinguistics, euphemisation processes and onomasiological studies.
Inhalt
Contents: On the nature of euphemisms; taboo and cover terms – Linguistic mechanisms as formative tools of euphemisms and dysphemisms – Variation in the approach to sex relations across space and time – Historical synonyms of
from Old English to Early Modern English – Onomasiological account of the historical synonyms of the term
