新闻英语中委婉语的语用功能分析

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1、┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊装┊┊┊┊┊订┊┊┊┊┊线┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊毕业设计（论文）报告纸AbstractEuphemismisfrequentlyusedintheEnglishjournalisticreportsofvariousmediawhicharehardtounderstandforreaderswhosemothertongueisnotEnglish.However,aseuphemismsinthosejournalisticreportshaverelativelyfixedpragma

2、ticfunctionsandforms,wecanknowthemeaningoftheeuphemismeasierifwegrasppragmaticfunctionsoftheeuphemisminjournalisticEnglish.InthisthesisIwillanalyzethegeneralformsoftheeuphemismandanalyzethepragmaticfunctionsofeuphemismbygivingsomeexamplesinjournalisticEnglish.Key

3、words:euphemism,pragmaticfunctions,journalisticreports.1.Introduction1.1TheoriginandtheformationofeuphemismThewordeuphemismcomesfromtheGreek“eu”(good)and“euphemism”(speech)andthusmeansliterally“tospeakthegoodwordsortoexpressinapleasantmanner”.It’sexemplifiedinthe

4、ancientGreektermsforthefuries–theEumenidesortheErinyes.Eumenidesmean“thekindlyones”or“thefriendlyones”andtheErinyesmeans“thereveredones’.Thesetwoeuphemismsservedinparttotametheterrifyinggoddessesoratleasttoaverttheirattention.Infact,gods,whetherbenignormalevolent

5、,weretreatedwithrespect.Sincethenamesofthegodswereconsideredidenticaltonormalpeople,sotospeakanamewastoevokethedivinitywhosepowerthenhadtobeconfronted.Suchdangerouspracticeswerereservedforpriestwhoskilledinnegotiatingwiththesupernatural.Buteventheywereoftenforbid

6、dentouttertherealnamesofthepowers.Sothefearanddesiretoplacatethemysteriousforceswhichruletheuniversewereprobablytheoriginalreasonsforeuphemizing.Afterwards,GreekculturespreadallovertheEuropeanandAmericancountries.共页第21页┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊装┊┊┊┊┊订┊┊┊┊┊线┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊┊毕业设计（

7、论文）报告纸Withtimeschangingandsocietydeveloping,politenessbecomesanotherWhichoneisthefirst?motivefortheusingofeuphemismtoavoidoffendingothers.Thisdesiretoavoidoffendingothersleadsustouse“kindwords”.Dailyeuphemismsareusedforpoliteness,whereasthoseinthepoliticallifeact

8、asmeansofdisguisingfacts.Here,euphemismsconformtothementalityofdeceivingeachotherinpoliticalinterests.Inordertoglossthereality,agreatmanyeuphemismsareemployed.