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1、OnEnglish“Death”Euphemism论英语“死亡”的委婉语121.IntroductionEnglisheuphemism,fromtheGreekword“euphemismos”meaning“goodfame“or“goodspeech”,istheuseofapleasant,politeorharmlesssoundingwordorexpressiontomaskharsh,rudeorinfamoustruths(QinXianmei&LiYang,2006:212).ItisalsodefinedintheneweditionofThe
2、OxfordConciseDictionary(1979)as“Substitutionofmildorvagueorroundaboutexpressionforharshordirectone”(FengCuihua,2004:221).EnglisheuphemismisalanguagephenomenonthatexistspopularlyinEnglishpeople’slivesandthe“death”euphemismisjustoneofthemostimportantpartsineuphemisticculture.Duringthepro
3、cessofcommunication,people,inEnglishculture,createagreatmajorityofeuphemisticexpressionsabout“death”inordertomakethe“death”notsoundingsoscared.Ofcourse,the“death”euphemismisbothalanguagephenomenonandculturalphenomenon,whichmakespeopleavoidthisterribleandmysteriousworddirectly,andexpres
4、sestheirmissfeelingandrespect,theirsympathyandcomfortmoreeffectively,whichpeoplecaneasilytoaccept.Deathisanunfortunatethingandadisaster,eveneveryoneintheworldcannotresistthisnaturallawofbirth,ageanddeath.Peoplemerelyuseotherwordsassubstitutesof“death”foritslinguistictaboo.People,fromso
5、cialman’psychology,considerthattalkingaboutthedeathisunlucky,becauseinthemindoftradition,peoplerefertodeathandmisfortunewouldoccur.Therefore,manyeuphemismsintheEnglishlanguageareusedtocoverup“death”.Forinstance,in“DavidCopperfield”,CharlesDickenswrote:“and,itbeinglowwater,hewentoutwith
6、thetide.”(余立三，1985：63).“Hewentoutwiththetide”isaeuphemismthatexpresses“hedied”.Tomasterthiskindofeuphemisticcultureisgoodforsocialcommunication.ThispaperprovidesmoredetailedanalysisfromEnglish“death”euphemism,itsorigin,development,metaphor,agevs.relationship,beforeorafterdeathvs.deadca
7、use,oralexpressionvs.slang,occasionvs.value.Meanwhile,itstudiesthecultureonEnglish“death”euphemismevendeeplyandhelpstheEnglishlearnersunderstandthelanguage’sinnerrelationsaswellashowtoimprovetheabilityofusingthiseuphemisticlanguageeffectively.2.English“Death”EuphemismandCultureCultur
