Taboo. Political correctness. Euphemism. Correlation of concepts
Journal: Филология научные исследования
Year: 2020

The inspiration source for writing this article became the detected in scientific literature fusion of terms and concepts denoted by them. The object of this research is the concepts of &amp;ldquo;taboo&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;political correctness&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;euphemism&amp;rdquo;. The subjects is the key characteristics: functional and semantic peculiarities that allow correlating these concepts. The analysis captures the contamination of dictionary definitions, as well as examples