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Publication details [#33937]

McGlone, Matthew S. and Jennifer A. Batchelor. 2003. Looking Out for Number One: Euphemism and Face. Journal of Communication 53 (2) : 251–264.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
communication | euphemism | face maintenance | self-presentation
Place, Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN
0021-9916
Journal WWW
joc.oupjournals.org/

Annotation

This paper suggest that communicators utilize euphemisms more for self-presentation than out of concern for their addressees' face.