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1、EnglishEuphemismsinSocialCulturalPsychology英语委婉语在社会文化心理中的映射CONTENTS1.Introduction12.TheReflectionsofEnglishEuphemismsfromSocialCulturalPsychology33.PsychologicalFactorsofEuphemisms43.1Evasionpsychology43.1.1Taboo43.1.2Comfortablewords53.2Politenesspsychology53.3Cosmeticpsychology64.TheDi
2、fferentSocialValuesofEuphemisms75.Conclusion8Bibliography10Acknowledgements11英语委婉语在社会文化心理中的映射TheReflectionsofEnglishEuphemismsinSocialCulturalPsychology摘要:委婉语从它诞生的那一天就带上了鲜明的社会心理标记,担负着润滑交际的重任。其产生主要归因于不同的社会心理,如忌讳﹑礼貌﹑以及政治需要的伪装或掩饰。委婉语可以说是社会文化心理的一面镜子,折射出形形色色的社会心理状态,本文从社会文化心理里的角度来简要阐述随着社会的发展,英
3、语委婉语所映射的交际功能及其各种社会价值观念。关键词:委婉语;禁忌语;社会文化心理;社会价值Abstract:Euphemism,whichbringsasharpsocialandpsychologicalmarkersinceitsbirth,chargeswiththeheavyresponsibilityof‘LubricationCommunication’.Itsapplicationisattributedmainlytodifferentsocialpsychology,suchastaboo,politenessorpoliticalpurposeou
4、tofdisguise.Euphemismislikeamirrorreflectingsocialpsychologyofvariouskindsrelevanttosocialissuesindifferentrespects.Withthedevelopmentofsociety,thisthesisanalyzestheapplicationofeuphemismsandthereflectionsofcommunicationfunctioninEnglishfromtheangleofsocialculturalpsychology,aswellasthev
5、ariableviewsofvalueconcepts.KeyWords:euphemism;taboo;socialculturalpsychology;socialvalues1.IntroductionLanguageisamirrorofsociallifeandhumandevelopment.Inthevocabularyofanylanguage,onefindsafocusedreflectionofthenationalcultureconcerned.Euphemism,whichisakindoflinguisticvariationaswella
6、sasocialculturalphenomenon,istheproductoftheinteractionbetweenlinguisticvariablesandsocialvariables.Euphemism,derivedfromGreek,with“eu”asaprefixmeaning“well”or“soundingwell”and“phemism”meaning“speech”,thusthewordoriginallybearsthemeaningof“tospeakwithgoodwordsorinapleasantmanner”.Histori
7、cally,euphemismoriginatedintheaccountsoftaboobymanyadventurersandanthropologists.Inearly1580’s,theBritishwriterGeorgeBluntfirstusedthewords“euphemism”andgaveitadefinitionas“agoodorfavorableinterpretationofabadword.”Mencken,theAmericanlinguist,wroteabookTheAmericanLanguage