Keyword: «euphemisms»

The article is devoted to one of the actual problems of using politically correct vocabulary in the sphere of intercultural communication. Some peculiarities of using such vocabulary are analyzed in the article. The considered spheres of the phenomenon are those of racial and ethnic spheres as well as the spheres of physical characteristics of a human being. The conclusions are made about the usage of the analyzed phe-nomenon in the English linguistic culture.

This article deals with the problem of studying euphemisms in English and Russian languages. Various aspects of euphemizing are considered. Specific features of euphemisms are noted. The author makes an attempt to describe modern euphemisms in English and Russian languages.

Knowledge of a foreign language is impossible without knowledge of its phraseology and euphemisms. It is proposed to compare phraseological units with the phraseology of the native language when teaching students of non-philological specialties Russian as a foreign language. The results of the comparison prove the existence of commonalities in many everyday and cultural realities .in the life of different peoples.

The article discusses the features of the formation of euphemisms based on the materials collected by means of a questionnaire. The relevance of this topic is due to the fact that every day we use euphemisms in our speech, without even suspecting it. At the same time, despite the little-studied concept of «euphemism», this group of words has already come into active use.