2019
DOI: 10.4312/elope.16.2.93-114
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Tracing the Space Between Euphemisms and Dysphemisms: The Case of Obesity in English and German

Abstract: The paper investigates how obesity as an aspect of physical appearance is represented in English and German. The existence of various expressions that refer to obesity leads to the assumption that both investigated languages rely on euphemisms and dysphemisms to talk about obesity. Using a corpus of different expressions from lexicographic sources, we analyse their descriptions and their classification as euphemisms in specialized and general dictionaries. Semantic phenomena that might be identified within suc… Show more

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