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Sobre eufemismos y guerras
About Euphemisms and Wars

Author(s): Luis Veres
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Accent Publisher
Keywords: euphemism; war; communication; linguistics; journalism language

Summary/Abstract: This article tries to reflect on the language role in war conflicts. It wants to demonstrate the fundamental function of language in the appearance of the wars in mass media, since wars take place to change their meaning in mass media in many occasions. One of the linguistic conditioners of this process is the euphemism.

  • Issue Year: 3/2010
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 58-66
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Spanish
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