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1、浅谈英语委婉语的分类、构成方式及社会功能论文AbstractAsanindispensableandnaturalpartofEnglishlanguage,Englisheuphemismshaveexistedforalongtime.Theappearanceofeverything,includingeuphemism,hasitsreasons.TheemergenceofEnglisheuphemismshasacloserelationismsplayanimportantroleinsocialmunic
2、ation,theyainlydealation,classificationandsocialfunctionofEnglisheuphemisms.VariousmethodshavebeenusedtoformEnglisheuphemisms,includingphoicdevices,spellingdevices,vocabularydevices,grammaticaldevicesandrhetoricaldevices.ThepaperalsotriestoclassifyEnglisheuphemis
3、msaccordingtothecontent.Englisheuphemismsarealmostemployedinallfieldsoflifesuchasinthefieldofdailylife,inthefieldofeducation,inthefieldoflaerceandindustry.Fromthedaytheycameintobeing,Englisheuphemismsplaytheroleofsociallubricator.anypeoplehavedefinedeuphemism.Her
4、earesomeofthedefinitions.(1)“(exampleofthe)useofpleasant,mildorindirectoreaccurateordirectones.”1(2)“apoliteoredirectonetoavoidshockingorupsettingsomeone.”2(3)“alessdirectethingunpleasantorembarrassing.”3(4)“Substitutionofmildorvagueorroundaboutexpressionforharsh
5、ordirectone;Expressionthussubstituted.”4(5)“apoliteethingunpleasantorembarrassing,suchasdeathandsex.”5(6)“Aeuphemismisusedasanalternativetoadispreferredexpression,inordertoavoidpossiblelossofface:Eitherone’soethirdparty.”6Justastheabovedefinitionsstate,someharsh,
6、blunt,unpleasantoroffensivethingsinlifeshouldnotbestateddirectlyandtruthfullyincertainoccasions.Underthesecircumstances,somebetter-soundingnamesshouldbeused.Euphemismisapartofhumanlanguageasenonofdifferentnations.TheusageofEnglisheuphemismreflectsethicsandbehavio
7、ralcodeofpeopleinEnglish-speakingcountries.Fromthedayitcameintobeing,euphemismfunctionsasthelubricatorofmunication.Thusitenablespeopletoliveinharmonyandmakesconversationssmoothandsuccessful.Thefolloation,classificationandsocialfunctionofEnglisheuphemisms.2.Theori
8、ginofEnglisheuphemisms“Euphemismisthelinguisticreflectionofsocialpsychologyandaproductofsocialandculturalenvironment.”7“Inismsinearlytimesoriginatedfromreligio