Funeralese is a register of speech used by funeral directors.
Features include the use of euphemisms [1] and hushed tone. [2] [3]
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42577833?seq=1
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https://archive.org/details/euphemismdysphem0000alla/page/166/mode/2up?q=funeralese
terminology,
Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death discusses various euphemisms and terminologies. P. 17, 52.
Edward A. Martin 1956 Victor Landig Basic Principles of Funeral Service Funeral Direction and Management by Miss Anne Hamilton Franz
"funeralese" in p. 156
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A list of such euphemisms can be found in Fulton and Geis, p. 15, another in Kramer, 14, and another in Mitford 18, 77, and 229. Mitford discusses this numerous times since it is a prominent feature of the funeral industry which she was investigating. See also Harald Gunderson, A History of Funeral Direction in Alberta (Calgary: Alberta Funeral Association, 1993), 55, which features actual instructions given to members of the industry in this regard.
Robert Kavanaugh, Facing Death. (1973)
Fulton, Robert; Geis, Gilbert (1965).
"Death and Social Values". In Fulton, Robert (ed.). Death and Identity. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 67–75.
Kramer, Kenneth. The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand Death. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1988. [1]
https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/496474/Walter_DisSoc_2005_16_3_365.pdf
Funeralese is a register of speech used by funeral directors.
Features include the use of euphemisms [1] and hushed tone. [2] [3]
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42577833?seq=1
https://hal-univ-lyon3.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01395036/document
https://archive.org/details/euphemismdysphem0000alla/page/166/mode/2up?q=funeralese
terminology,
Jessica Mitford's The American Way of Death discusses various euphemisms and terminologies. P. 17, 52.
Edward A. Martin 1956 Victor Landig Basic Principles of Funeral Service Funeral Direction and Management by Miss Anne Hamilton Franz
"funeralese" in p. 156
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cite journal}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
{{
cite encyclopedia}}
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ignored (
help)
A list of such euphemisms can be found in Fulton and Geis, p. 15, another in Kramer, 14, and another in Mitford 18, 77, and 229. Mitford discusses this numerous times since it is a prominent feature of the funeral industry which she was investigating. See also Harald Gunderson, A History of Funeral Direction in Alberta (Calgary: Alberta Funeral Association, 1993), 55, which features actual instructions given to members of the industry in this regard.
Robert Kavanaugh, Facing Death. (1973)
Fulton, Robert; Geis, Gilbert (1965).
"Death and Social Values". In Fulton, Robert (ed.). Death and Identity. New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 67–75.
Kramer, Kenneth. The Sacred Art of Dying: How World Religions Understand Death. Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1988. [1]
https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/496474/Walter_DisSoc_2005_16_3_365.pdf