Tambov
All-Russian academic journal
“Issues of Cognitive Linguistics”

COGNITIVE BASES OF EUPHEMISM FORMATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

COGNITIVE BASES OF EUPHEMISM FORMATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE


Author:  Yuliya V. Aleksikova

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract
The paper studies euphemisation as s mental process, a particular case of conceptual derivation. The author points out to the main principles of euphemism formation and analyses various cognitive and language mechanisms of forming them.

Keywords:  euphemisation, conceptual derivation, cognitive mechanism, language mechanisms.

Pages:  126-132

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