ASPECTS OF EUPHEMISM IN CENTRAL KURDISH

Aspects of Euphemism in Central Kurdish

One of the topics in the sociology of language is the linguistic taboo, which imposes varying degrees of restriction and prohibition on the speakers of each language.Accordingly, language users avoid using taboo words and expressions by applying methods regarding the types of commitment, concern, or necessity of social order, which is called euphem

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Thinking ahead. The Project of a comprehensive civil society

Few intellectuals are naturally born or bred democrats.Rather, self-reliant thinkers are likely to be PRENATAL ONCE DAILY dissenters to conventional wisdom, and spurners of democratic compromise.And the democratic public does not appreciate intellectuals either.Their adventures of thinking, after all, are not mass products.Yet, the project of democ

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Moral character effects in endorser perception

This research consists of two experimental studies investigating the influence of moral character on endorser perception, and the influence of perceiver characteristics on tarnished endorser perception and brand evaluations.Perceiver characteristics are discussed from the perspectives of dispositional tendency, innate moral intuitions and self-loca

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Evaluating Refractive and Visual Outcomes After Bilateral Implantation of an Apodized Diffractive Multifocal Toric Intraocular Lens with a Moderate Add in the Dominant Eye and a Higher Add in the Fellow Eye

Clayton Blehm,1 Richard Potvin2 1Gainesville Eye Associates, Gainesville, GA, USA; 2Science in Vision, Akron, NY, USACorrespondence: Richard PotvinScience in Vision, 6197 Dye Road, Akron, NY 14001, USATel +1407-697-6008Email rick@scienceinvision.comPurpose: To review refractive, visual acuity, defocus curve and subjective visual quality results aft

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