Abstract
Euphemism, as a common linguistic phenomenon in social communication, has being shining its unique lights to smoothen the effectiveness of people's social communications. In this paper, the author will give a detailed explanation about the euphemisms in British TV drama Downton Abbey from the perspective of word meaning in semantics, thus showing the importance of proper using of euphemism in English.
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Li, X., & Lu, Z. (2014). A Semantic Study of Euphemism in British TV Drama Downton Abbey(1st season). In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Social Science (Vol. 9). Atlantis Press. https://doi.org/10.2991/icss-14.2014.67
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