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A PRAGMATIC STUDY OF EUPHEMISMS AND DYSPHEMISMS IN ENGLISH POLITICAL TEXTS

Positive influence, negative coloring, euphemism, dysphemism, jargon, argon, slang, expansion of meaning, narrowing of meaning.

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English political texts are usually covered in the journalistic field, especially in newspapers and magazines, which are the daily information providers of the whole English society. Euphemisms and dysphemisms used in these texts are important in order to strengthen the social, political, pragmatic and psychological impact of political texts. This article presents a pragmatic analysis of euphemisms and dysphemisms used in English political texts through examples from newspapers and magazines.