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A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF TABOOS AND EUPHEMISMS SURROUNDING PAKISTANI FEMALES DAILY ISSUES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04      Published : Jun 2

A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues

Abstract

    This research paper is an endeavor to delineate various linguistic taboos about women's physiology with a focus on both the categories and functions of taboos in Pakistani society. The aim is to bring forth myriad euphemistic expressions employed in print media. The paper contests that taboos are moderated at the expanse of society's cultural and religious norms.It also offers a rationale behind the popular use of euphemistic expressions for Pakistani Females' daily issues. Allan and Burridge's (2006) theoretical framework furnished the basic framework for the analysis of different euphemistic expressions. The data for the study comprises thirteen different English newspaper articles published in the last six years (2016-2021). The data analysis revealed that euphemisms could connote multiple shades of meaning ranging from shame, disgust, exasperation, and upliftment. It was established that euphemisms operate along dysphemism and orthophemisminterchangeably depending on the context in which they appeared.

    Euphemism, Gender Studies, Orthophemism, Sociolinguistics, Taboo

    (1) Ayesha Izhar Chaudhri
    Lecturer, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Tazanfal Tehseem
    Assistant Professor, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Barirah Nazir
    Lecturer, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Chaudhri, A. I., Tehseem, T., & Nazir, B. (2022). A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues. Global Social Sciences Review, VII(II), 34 - 45. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Chaudhri, Ayesha Izhar, Tazanfal Tehseem, and Barirah Nazir. 2022. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues." Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II): 34 - 45 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04

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    HARVARD : CHAUDHRI, A. I., TEHSEEM, T. & NAZIR, B. 2022. A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues. Global Social Sciences Review, VII, 34 - 45.

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    MHRA : Chaudhri, Ayesha Izhar, Tazanfal Tehseem, and Barirah Nazir. 2022. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues." Global Social Sciences Review, VII: 34 - 45

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    MLA : Chaudhri, Ayesha Izhar, Tazanfal Tehseem, and Barirah Nazir. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues." Global Social Sciences Review, VII.II (2022): 34 - 45 Print.

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    OXFORD : Chaudhri, Ayesha Izhar, Tehseem, Tazanfal, and Nazir, Barirah (2022), "A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues", Global Social Sciences Review, VII (II), 34 - 45

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Chaudhri, Ayesha Izhar, Tazanfal Tehseem, and Barirah Nazir. "A Sociolinguistic Study of Taboos and Euphemisms Surrounding Pakistani Females' Daily Issues." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. II (2022): 34 - 45. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-II).04