【英语论文】论英语委婉语的特征（英文）

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1、OnFeaturesofEnglishEuphemisms论英语委婉语的特点12Ⅰ.IntroductionA.Languageisasystemofcharacterswhichcameintobeingfrommen’scommonlabor,beingdevelopedandenrichedwiththedevelopmentofmen.Withthedevelopmentofoursociety,Afairnumberofwordsarelabeledfrivolous、vulgaroratleastinconsidera

2、te,andsomekindsoflanguagesareforbidden,asdifferentreligions、superstitiousbelieves、socialcustomsandotherreasons.Meanwhile,thereweresomeotherlanguageswhichareusedtotakeplace.Incommunication,forbettermaintainingsocialrelationshipandexchangingideas,peoplehavetoresorttoane

3、wdifferentkindoflanguage,whichcanmakedistastefulideasseemacceptableorevendesirable.(张曲,2007:1)Thistypeoflanguageisdefinedas“euphemism”inlinguistics.EuphemismhasbeenalwaysplayedanimportantpartinEnglishandespeciallyitischieflythekeypointformanindailycommunication.AsHugh

4、RawsonmentionedinhisworkADictionaryofEuphemismsandOtherDoubletalk,“Feelingitlikeitisnot(Time,1978:164)euphemismaboundsinourlife.Euphemismsarepowerfullinguisticdeviceswhichareembeddedsodeeplyinourlanguagethatfewofus,eventhoseonbeingplainspoken,evergetthroughadaywithout

5、usingthem.”(Rawson,1981:245)B.TherehasbeenagreatdealofresearchesaboutEnglisheuphemismbecauseofitsimportanceandprominence.Intheearly80’sof16C,GeorgeBluntcreatedtheword“euphemism”firstly,(吴成花,2007:1)whichwasdefinedas“apolitewordorexpressionthatyouuseinsteadofamoredirect

6、onetoavoidshockingorupsettingsomeone.”.(LongmanAdvancedAmericanDictionary[z],2003:485)Afterthat,lotsofscholars,forexample,HughRawson,JudithS.Neaman,Silver,R.W.Holderandsoon,havemadeagreatcontributionstotheresearchesabouteuphemisms.Inthisessay,I’llgiveananalysisanddisc

7、ussionontraditionaleuphemisms,furthermore,I’mgoingtomakemyefforttodosomeresearchondifferentfeaturesofEnglisheuphemisms.12Ⅱ.TheproductionofEnglishEuphemismsA.TheoriginanddefinitionsofEnglishEuphemismsWhenAncientGreeksofferedsacrificestogod,theyusedtosaygoodspeech,asare

8、sult,theEnglishword“Euphemism”originallycamefromGreek，withtheprefix“eu”whichmeans“good”andtheroot“phemism”whichmeans“speech”