A Comparison on Pragmatic Functions of English and Chinese Euphemism 英语专业毕业论文

A Comparison on Pragmatic Functions of English and Chinese Euphemism 英语专业毕业论文

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1、AComparisononPragmaticFunctionsofEnglishandChineseEuphemism Abstract:Euphemismsaremild,agreeable,orroundaboutwordsusedinplaceofcoarse,painful,oroffensiveones.ThetermcomesfromtheGreekeu,meaning"well"or"soundinggood,”andpheme,“speech."Euphemismplaysanim

2、portantroleinourdailycommunication.Fromthedayitcameintoexistence,euphemismhasbeenfunctioningtolubricateourcommunication,helpestablishagoodrelationshipbetweenhumanbeingsandevenstrengthensocialstability.Manylinguistsandscholarshavestudiedthislinguisticp

3、henomenonfromtheperspectivesofrhetoric,semantics,pragmaticsandsociolinguists.Asaresult,achievementsinthestudyofeuphemismhavebeenconspicuous.Thus,onthebasisofothers’researches,thisthesisattemptstodoananalysisofpragmaticfunctionsofEnglishandChineseeuphe

4、mismsbycomparativelyanalyzingtheirlinguisticandculturalcharacteristics.Keywords:euphemism;culturalconnotation;pragmaticfunction;communication 1.Introduction1.1. LanguageVariations:Euphemism Inthebeginningwastheword.Therefollowed,atanundeterminedbutone

5、assumesdecentinterval,private,harsh,anddirtywords.Inventionherebeingthemotherofnecessity,theneedforeuphemismarose.(Epstein1985).Ineverysocietytherearecertainthingsthatarenotsupposedtobespokenormentioneddirectly.Afairnumberofwordsarelabeledasfrivolous,

6、vulgar,oratleastinconsiderate.Butincommunication,forbettermaintainingsocialrelationshipandexchangingideas,peoplehavetoresorttoakindoflanguage,whichcanmakedistastefulideasseemacceptableorevendesirable.Thistypeoflanguageisdefinedas“euphemism”inlinguisti

7、csanditcomesinavarietyofformsandisusedforavarietyofreasons.Unlikeotherfigurativelanguagedevices,forexample,themetaphorofpoetryorprose,euphemismaimstosurpriseandentertain(Lee,1966),strivestoavoidoffencebymeansofcircumlocution.Asacommunicativeskill—“tel

8、lingitlikeitisn’t,”(Time,1978),euphemismaboundsinourlife.Euphemismsarepowerfullinguisticdeviceswhich“areembeddedsodeeplyinourlanguagethatfewofus,eventhosewhopridethemselvesonbeingplainspoken,evergetthroughadaywithoutusingthem.”(Rawson1981) 1.2

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