Euphemisms in Medical Jargon

Rajić, Tea

undergraduate thesis

Euphemisms in Medical Jargon

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. urn:nbn:hr:142:755209

Rajić, Tea

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Rajić, T. (2014). Euphemisms in Medical Jargon (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:755209

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Rajić, Tea. "Euphemisms in Medical Jargon." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:755209

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Rajić, T. (2014). 'Euphemisms in Medical Jargon', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 14 October 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:755209

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Rajić T. Euphemisms in Medical Jargon [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2024 October 14] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:755209

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T. Rajić, "Euphemisms in Medical Jargon", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:755209

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Title	Euphemisms in Medical Jargon
Title (croatian)	Eufemizmi u medicinskom žargonu
Author	Tea Rajić
Mentor	Tanja Gradečak Erdeljić (mentor)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2014-09-10, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to offer a brief insight in the field of euphemisms in the English language from different points of view. First of all, I have represented some basic definitions and terms related to euphemisms according to some relevant linguistic research studies. Since I was exploring medical euphemisms, the explanation of some basic principles of medical communication has also been included in my work. Based on the relevant sources a brief overview of the factors which play an important role in medical communication has been included. While trying to define the role and importance of euphemisms in medical communication the use of euphemisms in some specific medical situations and diagnoses such as heart failure, cancer and some other mortal diseases in general has been studied. I have taken into consideration relevant research works on the opinions of medical workers and the patients on the use of euphemisms and medical communication. The representation of Warren´s model of euphemism has also been incorporated in this paper and the corpus of the paper has been analyzed according to her principles. Finally, I have come to the conclusion that euphemism, despite being a linguistic unit, and their usage are significantly influenced by many extra-linguistic factors.
Keywords
Language	english
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:755209
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: German Language and Literature (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: undergraduate Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/aprvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkoga jezika i književnosti)
Type of resource	Text
File origin	Born digital
Access conditions	Open access
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