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1、AComparisonbetweenChineseandWesternEuphemismsLIUNaAbstract:Euphemismisakindofcommonlinguisticphenomenoninlanguageuse;inthemeanwhile,itisalsoregardedasasortofspeciallinguisticexpressioninallkindsoflanguagesinpeople’sdailylife.Itisobviouslythatdifferentculturesand
2、socialbackgroundsleadtodifferentlinguisticphenomena.Asaresult,euphemismsindifferentlanguagesdifferfromeachotherexactly.Basedontheachievementsofforerunners,thethesisattemptstodoacomparisonbetweenChineseandwesterneuphemismsfromboththetwoaspectsofculturevaluesandso
3、cialfunctionsofeuphemism.Bydoingso,thisthesistriestorevealtheimportanceofeuphemisminlanguageuse.Keywords:euphemism;comparison;culturevalues;socialfunctionsІ.IntroductionPeopleuseeuphemismtoachievetwoaims:oneistosubstitute“taboo”whichmeans“aculturalorreligiouscus
4、tomthatdoesnotallowpeopletodo,useortalkaboutaparticularthingaspeoplefinditoffensiveorembarrassing”inthelightofOxfordAdvancedLearner'sEnglish-ChineseDictionary(2004).Ifpeopletrytoavoidtaboo,theywillcreateanothernewwordtoreplacesomethingunpleasant.Theotheroneistoa
5、voidoffensiveness,whichcanmakepeoplefeelbetterandhappierbyusingeuphemisms.Foronething,withregardtotheaimoftaboo,bothChineseandEnglishhavelongrespectivehistories.However,inpeople'sdailylife,euphemismiswidelyusedinbotheastandwest.Foranotherthing,ifpeopledonotknowt
6、heculturesbehindthewords,theywilloftenbeconfusedbyeuphemisms.Whatismore?Theymaybetroubledinmisunderstandingsincommunications.“HughRawsonalsoaffirmed‘euphemismsareembeddedsodeeplyinourlanguagethatfewofus,eventhosewhopridethemselvesonbeingplain-spoken,getthroughad
7、aywithoutusingthem’”(citedinLu,2006:1).Tograsptheculturalsimilaritiesanddifferences,wecannotonlybroadenourhorizons,butalsohelpusavoidbehavingimpolitelyduetomakingmistakesduringourdailycommunications.Thispaperaimstodiscussthefactthattheuseofeuphemismisveryimporta
8、ntfromsimilaritiesanddifferencesofChineseandwesternculturalvalues,andthesocialfunctionsofeuphemismincommunication.II.DefinitionofeuphemismBothathomeandabroad,thereare
