TY - JOUR AU - Delekta, Ilona PY - 2020/01/08 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Political correctness and linguistic creativity in the job market. How much do they (mis) inform? JF - Revista Internacional de Organizaciones JA - RIO VL - IS - 23 SE - Artículos DO - 10.17345/rio23.149-165 UR - https://www.revista-rio.org/index.php/revista_rio/article/view/341 SP - 149-165 AB - <p>The article examines how political correctness (PC) affects work-related lexis. A particular focus is put on English bizspeak that aims to fulfil PC demands by using creative vocabulary and euphemisms to motivate employees, stimulate their creativity, and win or keep customers. A brief theoretical outline is followed by an analysis based on authentic material. The results show that such colourful language may contradict PC postulates and impede effective communication.</p> ER -