a brief study of the pragmatic function of english euphemism from adaptation theory

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1、ABriefStudyofthePragmaticFunctionofEnglishEuphemismFromAdaptationTheory　　?m州财经大学陇桥学院外国语言文学系　　【Abstract】Beingauniversallinguisticphenomenon，euphemismplaysavitalroleinourdailylifeandisakindofindirectexpressionthatpeopleusetofulfilldesiredcommunicativegoals.InaccordingwiththeAdaptationTh

2、eory，thisstudymainlydevotesitselftoexploringsomecommunicativecontexttowhicheuphemismisselectedtoadapt.　　【Keywords】Englisheuphemism；AdaptationTheory；context；choice　　1.Introduction　　Asacommonlinguisticphenomenon，Englisheuphemismhasplayedadefinitelyvitalroleinourdailycommunicationandhasb

3、eenarousinggreatinterest.Peopleuseeuphemismintheirspeechandwritingfrequently.JustasHugeRawsonmentioned：“Euphemismaresodeeplyinourlanguagethatfewofus，eventhosewhopridethemselvesonbeingplain-spoken，evergetthoughadaywithoutusingthem”.　　2.TheTheoreticalFrameworkoftheStudy　　Verschuerenhold

4、sthattheprocessofusinglanguageconsistsofthecontinuousmakingoflinguisticchoicesconsciouslyorunconsciously.Healsoholdsthatlanguagerequiresconstantadaptationstodifferentpurposesandcircumstancesofuse.　　3.AnalysisofEuphemismIntheAdaptationTheory　　Adaptationisadynamicprocess，inwhichlanguage

5、usersmanipulateeuphemisticexpressiontoadjusttothecontextualdemandsaccordingtolanguageusers’intention.Theprocessoflanguageuseisaprocessoflinguisticchoice，whichincludesthechoicesoflinguisticformsandcommunicativestrategies.　　3.1EuphemismasAdaptationtotheLanguageUsers　　Languageuserisalsok

6、nownasutterorinterpreter.Thecontextualaspectsofthephysicalworlds，thesocialworldsandthementalworldsneedtobeactivatedbythelanguageusers’cognitiveprocesses，sothatplayimportantroleinlanguageuse.　　3.2EuphemismasAdaptationtotheMentalWorld　　Verschuerennotesthatverbalinteractioniscommunicatio

7、nfrommindtomind.Hence，languageusers’mentalworldplaysavitalroleincommunication.Bothcommunicatorsshouldadapttoeachother’smentalworld.　　3.3EuphemismasAdaptationtotheSocialWorld　　Theadaptabilityoflanguagetothesocialworldistrulypervasive.Socialsettingandinstitutionsimposemanytypesofprincip

8、lesan