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Study on the Features of English Political Euphemism and Its Social Functions
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Zhao, Xiaonan; Dong, Jingping – English Language Teaching, 2010
Political euphemism is a tool for political leaders to control information transmission. Based on some examples, this paper begins with a summary of three features which distinguish political euphemism from others. Then, it discusses its two social functions based on Austin's Speech Act Theory: 1) as political leaders' tool, political euphemism…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Simplified Characters in the People's Republic of China, Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan
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Chen, Virginia Wei-chieh – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1977
This paper compares the simplified characters of China, Japan and Singapore, based on China's list of 2295 simplified characters. Charts summarize the comparisons by numbers of characters in each country, and a comparative table lists and illustrates simplified characters in these countries. Taiwanese forms are summarized separately. (CHK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Descriptive Linguistics, Ideography, Language Patterns
Vocabulary Changes in the Chinese Language: Some Observations on Extent and Nature
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Tai, James H. Y. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1975
This article characterizes the extent and nature of the vocabulary changes in the People's Republic of China by identifying general areas of change and by observing particular features of the changes. (CLK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Research