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1、本科生毕业论文文献综述题目AStudyintoPramgmaticFunctionsofEuphemisminBusinessEnglishNegotiations专业英语 班级125姓名崔晓梅指导教师袁良平（教授）所在学院外国语学院时间2015年12月20日Althoughweallhavealreadyhadtheimpressionofeuphemism,thereisstilltheneedtounderstanditdeeplyandcompletely.Withtherightacknowledgementofeuphemism,theuseo
2、fitcanbemoreproperandeffective.Euphemism,asacommonlinguisticphenomenonindifferentculturesoftheworld,isappliedfrequentlyinalmostallthelevelsandfieldsofoursociety.While,businessEnglishnegotiations,whosesubstancereferringtothemutualbenefitsofthetwosides,andinfluencingthedevelopmentso
3、ftherelationshipbetweenthetwosides,arebecomingincreasinglyimportantintheageofglobalization.Byusingeuphemisticexpressionandpolitenessprinciple,differentopinionsinbusinessnegotiationcanbeexpressedgently,inagentleandpoliteway.Itcanimprovenegotiator'slanguageskills.Theapplicationofeup
4、hemismiscriticalinbusinessEnglishnegotiationsinmanyways,suchaseasingtension,creatingacollaborativeatmosphere,andmaintaininglong-termrelationships.1ResearchesontheDefinitionofEuphemismEuphemismisdefinedas“anindirectwordorphrasethatpeopleoftenusetorefertosomethingembarrassingorunple
5、asant,sometimestomakeitseemmoreacceptablethanitreallyis”,accordingtotheOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglishChineseDictionary.BritishwriterGeorgeBluntinthesixteenthcenturytotheeightiesEuphemismisdefinedas:"Euphemismisagoodorfavorableinterpretationofabadword".StokesandHartmancompiledthe"L
6、anguageandLinguisticDictionary"totheEuphemismisdefinedas:"Euphemism:withanot-ming,andbeabletomakepeoplehappy,orambiguousstatement,insteadofwiththeunpleasantmeaningorlackofrespectforthewayofexpression.Actually,theEnglishword“euphemism”hasGreekroots,andtheprefix“eu”means“good,"while
7、“phemism”means“speech”(WangHui,2010:92).Sotheliteralmeaningofeuphemismreferstotheuseofamild,vagueorroundaboutexpressionratherthananoffensive,vulgarordirectwordorexpression.Itisusedtocoverthetruthinakindorfriendlyway.Wecanfindeuphemismsinbothreallifeandliterature.Knowinghowtouseeup
8、hemismscouldnotonlyimproveourwrit
