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1、OnCharacteristicsofEnglishEuphemism论英语委婉语的特点ThesisStatement:VariouscharacteristicsexsitinEnglisheuphemismforavoidingorsofteningcoarseandunpleasantness.Ⅰ.Introduction.Ⅱ.TheOriginandDefinitionofEuphemismⅢ.TheCharacteristicsofEnglishEuphemismA.UniversalityB.LocalizationC.ContemporaneityD.La
2、nguageTerritoryE.NationalCharacteristicF.HavingdivisionofthesentimentalcolorG.HavinglifeH.SocialityI.Re-symbolismJ.ArbitrationK.RelevanceandIndirectL.TheEnglishEuphemismofIdiomandTemporaryM.FuzzinessN.HumorousO.AccuracyⅣ.ConclusionAbstract:Euphemismwhichisinordertoavoidcoarseortaboos,exs
3、itsineverycultureandsociety.ForlearningthecultureofEnglishdeeply,thisthesismainlytalkabouttheorigin,definition,andcharacteristicsofEnglishfromtheangleofculture.Keywords:EnglishEuphemismsubstituteexpress9摘要:在任何文化和社会中都存在一些为避免粗俗或避免禁忌的委婉语。为加深对英语文化的学习,本文从文化的角度对英语委婉语的起源,定义与特点作了初步的探讨。关键词:英语委婉语替
4、代表达9OnCharacteristicsofEnglishEuphemism1.IntroductionIneverysocietytherearemanythingsortabooscannotbespokenormentioneddirectly,thus,peopleusesomesubstitutionstoexpress.Theyarecalledeuphemism.Euphemismisdeeplyinsertedinlanguage,ourdailylifeandwork.Alongwithunceasinglyenhancenentofsocialci
5、vilization,speechskillandgoodinterpersonalrelationshipalsomoreandmoreprofoundlyeffectpeople'slife,thus,inthelanguagemoreandmoreeuphemismswillbeproduced.Therefore,ithasveryimportantpracticesignificanceandpracticalsignificancetotheeuphemismresearch.Butonlycarefullyresearchthecharacteristic
6、sofeuphemismcanunderstanditmoreaccurately,anduseitproperly.2.TheOriginandDefinitionofEuphemismEnglisheuphemismhasalonghistory,manyeuphemismwordscomefromTheBible.AndinTheCanterburyTaleswrittenbyChaucerandplaysandpoemsofShakespeare,varitiesofeuphemismwordswereapplied.Whenofferingsacrificet
7、oGodsorancestorsinoldGreek,peopleshouldspeaksomepropitiouswords,whichwereconsideredtobeeuphemisms.InBritain,theusageofeuphemismcouldbetracedbackto11thcentury.Inthattime,GenteelVocabularyandObsceneVocabularyweredistinguishedobviously.Theformerisjusttheprecursorofeuphemism.