astudyonculturalconnotationofenglisheuphemism英语委婉语文化内涵的研究

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1、系别外语系专业英语学生姓名学指导教师：指导教师职称:AStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemism2013年5月25日AStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemismAbstract：Euphemismisacommonphenomenoninlanguage,whichisakindofspeciallanguageformcreatedbypeopleinsocialactivitiestoseektheidealcommunicatione

2、ffect.Inmanycommunicativesituations，itcandisguiseunsatisfying，disgusting，embarrassingandeventerrifyingfactsandphenomena.Atthesametime,itcanmaintainthespeaker’simageandthelistener’sself-esteem,sothatitcouldsavethetwoparties’facesandmakesurethatcommunicationgoonverywell

3、.Therefore，euphemismhasbecomeanessentiallanguagetooltocoordinateinterpersonalrelationship，whichiscalled“thedrivingforceinthecommunication”.Asalanguagefiguresofspeech，euphemismisalanguagephenomenonaswellasasocialphenomenonandculturalphenomenon.Hence，duetothedifferentcu

4、lturalbackgroundofeverynation,theusageofeuphemism’isdifferent.ThereareallkindsofeuphemisminEnglish，asalanguagephenomenonithasitsownuniqueorigin，feature，constructivemethod，socialfunctionandsoon,italsofollowacertainlawofdevelopment.EuphemismisanindispensablepartinEnglis

5、hcultureaswellasimportanttopicincross-culturalcommunication.Inthisview，beingfamiliarwithandmasteringEnglisheuphemismnotonlyhelpusknowwellthesocialpsychologyandculturalconnotationinBritainandAmericans，butalsosmoothinterpersonalrelationshipandprovokecommunicativeactivit

6、iestoachievetheidealeffect.Thisthesisismadeupoffourparts.Thefirstchaptergivesabriefintroductionaboutthedefinition，originofEnglisheuphemismanddifferentscholars’reviewsaboutEnglisheuphemismfromoverseaanddomestic.Inthesecondchapter，anelaborateanalysisoftheformation,devel

7、opmentandclassificationofEnglisheuphemism.ChapterthreeintroducestherelationshipsbetweenEnglisheuphemismandculturalconnotation,andhasadetailanalysistofunctionsofEnglisheuphemism.Finally，aconclusionisgiventosummarizetheculturalconnotationofEnglisheuphemism.Keywords:Engl

8、isheuphemism;socialfunctions;culturalconnotationAStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemism英语委婉语文化内涵的研究摘要：委婉语是语言中的一种齊遍现象，是