volume Number 9، number In Volume 1، Spring 2016 ، issue Number 31

Euphemism in Dramatic Discourse: A Case Study of Akbar Radi's Plays

Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Mahru Abdollahi, Nasser Aghai

Abstract
Nowadays, the linguistic studies in the field of literary texts has found its status in literary stylistics, and several approaches may be found in the analysis of literary texts. One of the current and interesting processes in the field of literary stylistics is Euphemism, which means replacing the taboo or unpleasant words and phrases with pleasant and accepted words, without neglecting the intended meaning they convey. This literary device both activates the creativity in its reader, and also respects the social ethics, and sometimes leads to a more influential impact on the reader. The current research aims to study the process of euphmism in the works of Akbar Radi, the famous contemporary Iranian playwright, published in a collection entitled Ruye Sahneye Abi. The theoretical framework chosen for this research is Warren (1992) and Borich (2006), and it was found that Radi has mainly used neologism and Metaphor as two effective tools in creating the euphemisms he had in mind. Some fields of taboo words were of course not found in the plays, and the linguistic domain of the euphemisms was mostly the domain of words, rather than sentences of phrases.

Keyword
Euphemism , Warren's classification , Helder's semantic classificat , linguistic units