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1、AStudyofEuphemisminJournalismEnglishAThesisSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentofRequirementsforTheDegreeofBachelorofEnglishtoSchoolofForeignLanguagesMay,2011ivAcknowledgementsIwouldliketoextendmysincereappreciationtomyteacher,whogivesmelotsofhelpduringmywritingofthisthesis.Firstandforemost,Iwo
2、uldliketoexpressmysinceregratitudetomyrespectedsupervisorforhertimeandeffortsinrevisingimprovementandforherabundantvaluableknowledgeonEnglishlanguage,withoutherhelp,thisthesiswouldnotcomeintobeing.Likewise,IwouldliketoextendmythankstoMsandalltheteacherswhohadgivenhelpandadvicefortheirint
3、erestingandenlighteningcourseshavebecomethemostmemorablepartofmystudyintheSchoolofForeignLanguages.Inaddition,Ialsowanttoexpressmygratitudetomyfamilymembersandclassmatesfortheirselflesshelpandunfailingsupporttomeduringthewholecourseofmywritingthepresentthesis.ivAbstractSince1970s,thebigg
4、estchangeformodernEnglish,especiallyforAmericanEnglish,isthereturnofeuphemism.ThisphenomenonisextremelyobviousinjournalismEnglish.Euphemismisacommonphenomenoninjournalism,whichalwaysbringsspecialeffectstojournalisticlanguage.Themainprinciplesofnewslanguageareauthentic,accurateandprompt.H
5、owever,euphemismtakesroundaboutasitscharacteristicwhichshowsthefunctionofbeautification,smoothness,andinflexionandsoon.Infact,mosteuphemismshavegreatdifferenceswithdirectness.MythesiswillmakeanalysisofthereasonswhyeuphemismiscausedinjournalismEnglish,accordingtoanalyzetheoriginanddefinit
6、ionofeuphemismaswellastheclassificationandfunctionsofeuphemisminjournalismEnglish.InjournalismEnglish,euphemismtransferstheintentionofjournalistsaswellasitssocialmeaningandculturalconnotation,anditisusedtobeautifyorevadereality.Keywords:euphemism;journalism;useiv新闻英语中委婉语的使用摘要20世纪70年代以来，当
7、代英语，尤其是美国英语最大变化之一是委婉语的使用再度成为时尚。这一现象在英语新闻中的表现尤为明显。委婉语是是新闻英语中非常普遍的现象。它的使用总可以给新闻带来独特的语言效果，是新闻英语中不可或缺的一部分。真实，准确，及时是新闻语言的最基本要求。然而，委婉语以闪避为主要目的，表现出的是礼貌闪避和文明教养。委婉语具有对直言加以美化，弱化，曲折化的作用，许多委婉语在外延内涵上与直言差异很大。本论文主要从新闻英语中委婉语的使用及其它的分类和功能来分析新闻英语中委婉语产生的原因。新闻英语中委婉语所表达的不仅仅是作者的意图，还可能传递社会意义和文化内
