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А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zharina</surname><given-names>O. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Жарина Ольга Александровна, кандидат филологических наук, доцент, кафедра межкультурной коммуникации и методики преподавания иностранных языков</p><p>Ростов-на-Дону</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Olga A. Zharina, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Intercultural Communication and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages</p><p>Rostov-on-Don</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">oazharina@sfedu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-9810</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Самофалова</surname><given-names>М. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Samofalova</surname><given-names>M. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Самофалова Марина Владимировна, кандидат филологических наук, кафедра межкультурной коммуникации и методики преподавания иностранных языков</p><p>Ростов-на-Дону</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Marina V. Samofalova, PhD in Philology, Department of Intercultural Communication and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages</p><p>Rostov-on-Don</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">mvsamofalova@sfedu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-3037</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Беззубикова</surname><given-names>М. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bezzubikova</surname><given-names>M. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Беззубикова Марина Валерьевна, кандидат филологических наук, доцент, кафедра русского языка</p><p>Астрахань</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Marina V. Bezzubikova, PhD in Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Russian</p><p>Astrakhan</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">mv55@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Южный федеральный университет</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Southern Federal University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Астраханский государственный университет имени В. Н. Татищева</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Astrakhan Tatishchev State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>30</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>14</volume><issue>10</issue><fpage>53</fpage><lpage>73</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Жарина О.А., Самофалова М.В., Беззубикова М.В., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Жарина О.А., Самофалова М.В., Беззубикова М.В.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zharina O.A., Samofalova M.V., Bezzubikova M.V.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/6754">https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/6754</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена рассмотрению актуальной проблемы современности: процессу эвфемизации языка в англоязычном политическом дискурсе как средству реализации авторских интенций и способу формирования общественного мнения. Актуальность обусловлена возросшей значимостью политики в повседневной жизни обывателей. Целью работы является анализ эвфемизмов политического дискурса с позиций функционально-коммуникативного подхода. Одной из задач является определение их доминирующих функций. Материал исследования: онлайн-версии ведущих англоязычных газет («Reuters», «The Guardian», «The Washington Post», «The New York Times»») за последние 5 лет. Уделяется внимание определению эвфемизма, его связи с концепциями языковой адекватности, социальных ролей и политической корректности. Представлены результаты сопоставительного анализа различных подходов к определению эвфемизма и его классификации. Предлагается авторская адаптация функциональной классификации эвфемизмов с учетом особенностей англоязычного политического дискурса, включающая эвфемизмы создания имиджа, толерантности, защиты и маскировки. Доказано, что доминирующими являются маскирующие и защитные эвфемизмы, а основными коммуникативными стратегиями выступают манипулирование общественным мнением и легитимизация определенных действий. Новизна исследования видится в выявлении тенденций использования эмоционально окрашенных терминов вместо нейтральных эвфемизмов.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article addresses the contemporary issue of euphemization within English-language political discourse as a means to achieve authorial intentions and shape public opinion. The relevance is underscored by the increasing significance of politics in everyday life. The aim of this study is to analyze euphemisms in political discourse from a functional-communicative perspective. One key objective is to identify their predominant functions. The data for analysis are drawn from online versions of leading English-language newspapers (“Reuters”, “The Guardian”, “The Washington Post”, “The New York Times”) over the past five years. Special attention is given to defining euphemism, its relationship with concepts such as linguistic appropriateness, social roles, and political correctness. Comparative analyses of various approaches to defining and classifying euphemisms are presented. An original adaptation of a functional classification of euphemisms tailored to the specifics of English-language political discourse is proposed, encompassing image-building, tolerance-promoting, protective, and concealing euphemisms. It has been demonstrated that masking and protective euphemisms dominate, while the primary communicative strategies involve manipulating public opinion and legitimizing certain actions. The novelty of this research lies in identifying trends toward using emotionally charged terms instead of neutral euphemisms.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>эвфемизм</kwd><kwd>политический дискурс</kwd><kwd>речевое воздействие</kwd><kwd>языковая адекватность</kwd><kwd>политическая корректность</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>euphemism</kwd><kwd>political discourse</kwd><kwd>speech influence</kwd><kwd>linguistic appropriateness</kwd><kwd>political correctness</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Дружинин А. С. Эвфемизмы, дисфемизмы, ортофемизмы и экспериенциальный контекст: холистический взгляд на лингвистическую проблему / А С. Дружинин, Т. А. Фомина, О. Г. Поляков // Язык и культура. — 2020. — № 50. — С. 23—40. — DOI 10.17223/19996195/50/3.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Allan, K., Burridge, K. (2006). 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