Kari K. Pitkänen, 1994: "How to Avoid Death: Euphemisms and Circumlocutions for the Final Journey"

Master's Thesis, Department of General Linguistics , University of Helsinki (April 1994).

• Tiivistelmä
• Introduction
• Euphemisms of Death
• Methodology
• Euphemisms as idioms
• Structural means for creating variation in euphemisms of death
• Imagery
• Textual means for avoiding death
• Conclusion
• References

Note that this is NOT the final version of my Pro Gradu (You may actually have to go to the University Library to have a closer look at the final version!). For any questions or comments, send email to kkpitkan@ling.helsinki.fi.

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