Euphemisms and dysphemisms in the German and the Bulgarian public area Cover Image

Евфемистични и дисфемистични езиково-стилистични средства в немското и българското публично пространство
Euphemisms and dysphemisms in the German and the Bulgarian public area

Author(s): Antoaneta Dimitrova
Subject(s): Pragmatics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: taboo; euphemism; dysphemism

Summary/Abstract: In the conversational speech we express positive and negative emotions and attitudes to all kinds of referents. The exemples from the german and the Bulgarian conversational speech are represented in accordance with their belonging to the different levels of the linguistic structure. The study is a short variant of my habilitation about taboos and the using of euphemisms and dysphemisms in the Bulgarian and the german public area.