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Abstract
This study was designed to examine the use of euphemism as a substitute for taboos and how this determines sex differentiation in the Ẹdo linguistic community of Edo State. The study focuses on the aspects of language use in the Ẹdo community in the discourse of things that constitute a taboo using the data elicited from native speakers who have a good command of the languages and their cultural norms and values. The data which were subjected to scrutiny by other native speakers were analyzed as a register due to the strong evidence of gender disparity in the discourse of taboos and use of euphemism. The findings in this study reveal that the Ẹdo language community has an extensive list of things and situations that constitute a taboo especially from the point of views of females and the euphemistic expressions used to express them. The study further draws attention to the fact that the euphemistic expressions which are employed to downplay the discrimination are also controlled and this affects the socio-economic and political lives of the women folk. Such negative effects show more clearly in circumstances that require the women to use language to express themselves well like those involving health challenges.
