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1、淮北师范大学信息学院2013届学士学位论文AStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemism系别外语系专业英语学生姓名学号200918043110指导教师:指导教师职称:2013年5月25日AStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemismAbstract:Euphemismisacommonphenomenoninlanguage,whichisakindofspeciallanguageformcreatedbypeopleinso
2、cialactivitiestoseektheidealcommunicationeffect.Inmanycommunicativesituations,itcandisguiseunsatisfying,disgusting,embarrassingandeventerrifyingfactsandphenomena.Atthesametime,itcanmaintainthespeaker’simageandthelistener’sself-esteem,sothatitcouldsavethetwopar
3、ties’facesandmakesurethatcommunicationgoonverywell.Therefore,euphemismhasbecomeanessentiallanguagetooltocoordinateinterpersonalrelationship,whichiscalled“thedrivingforceinthecommunication”.Asalanguagefiguresofspeech,euphemismisalanguagephenomenonaswellasasocia
4、lphenomenonandculturalphenomenon.Hence,duetothedifferentculturalbackgroundofeverynation,theusageofeuphemism’isdifferent.ThereareallkindsofeuphemisminEnglish,asalanguagephenomenonithasitsownuniqueorigin,feature,constructivemethod,socialfunctionandsoon,italsofol
5、lowacertainlawofdevelopment.EuphemismisanindispensablepartinEnglishcultureaswellasimportanttopicincross-culturalcommunication.Inthisview,beingfamiliarwithandmasteringEnglisheuphemismnotonlyhelpusknowwellthesocialpsychologyandculturalconnotationinBritainandAmer
6、icans,butalsosmoothinterpersonalrelationshipandprovokecommunicativeactivitiestoachievetheidealeffect.Thisthesisismadeupoffourparts.Thefirstchaptergivesabriefintroductionaboutthedefinition,originofEnglisheuphemismanddifferentscholars’reviewsaboutEnglisheuphemis
7、mfromoverseaanddomestic.Inthesecondchapter,anelaborateanalysisoftheformation,developmentandclassificationofEnglisheuphemism.ChapterthreeintroducestherelationshipsbetweenEnglisheuphemismandculturalconnotation,andhasadetailanalysistofunctionsofEnglisheuphemism.F
8、inally,aconclusionisgiventosummarizetheculturalconnotationofEnglisheuphemism.Keywords:Englisheuphemism;socialfunctions;culturalconnotation12英语委婉语文化内涵的研究摘要:委婉语是语言中的一种普遍现象,是人们在社会交往中为