Email this article The functioning of negroid race euphemisms within american political discourse
- Authors: Arkhipova V.V.
- Issue: Vol 3, No 12 (2015)
- Section: Статьи
- Submitted: 01.05.2025
- Accepted: 01.05.2025
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/2311-2468/article/view/290188
- ID: 290188
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The article presents a diachronic analysis of lexical units used by American politicians to talk about black citizens over the XVIII-XXI centuries. The author focuses on the current state of the issue, i.e. nominating representatives of the Negroid race within American political discourse.
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