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1、OntheMotivationandFormationAnalysisofEnglishEuphemismAbstract:Englisheuphemismisthe“lubricant”oflanguage,whichhasawiderangeofuseinpeople’ssocialactivitiesofdailylifeandisanimportantmeansincoordinatingtheinterpersonalrelationshipamongpeople.Usingeuphemismsca
2、nimprovethecommunicativeeffectsandmaintainharmoniousinterpersonalrelationships.ThisthesismakesadetailedanalysisofthemotivationandformationanalysisofEnglisheuphemism,sothatlearnerswillbetterunderstandandmasterEnglisheuphemism,therebyreducingthepragmaticfailu
3、reandreducethefrictioncausedbyculturalconflicts,thusenhancingthemutualunderstandingofothers. Keywords:Englisheuphemism;motivation;formation;context 1TheMotivationofEnglishEuphemism Euphemismisamirrorofsocialpsychologyandreflectsdifferentpsychologicalstat
4、esinsociety.Incommunication,weoftenuseeuphemismstoshowpolitenessandavoidirritation.Asameansofcommunication,euphemismisgeneratedandusedforanumberofreasons.Itmaybeusedtoavoidtaboo,orfordisguising,orforbeingpoliteandconsiderate,orforencouragingothers. 1.1Avoi
5、dingTaboo Theword“taboo”isfromTongaofPolynesia,whichisonthePacificIslands.Thelocalcustomsnotonlystrictlyforbidpeople’saccesstosacredordisdainfulthings,butalsoforbidpeopletalkingaboutthesethings.Withtheevolutionofmoderncivilizedsociety,languagetabooisnolong
6、erasrigorousasitwasinprimitivesociety,buttheuseofeuphemismwhichisgeneratedfromtaboohasbecomeanentrenchedlanguagehabitofpeople. “Taboo”isthemainpsychologicalbasisofeuphemism,anddifferentculturalbackgroundswillcreatedifferentlanguagetaboos.Forexample,peoplei
7、nBritainandAmericaalwaystrytoavoidthenumber“13”thathassomethingtodowiththetragedythatJudasbetrayedJesusChrist.Suchtabooscaneliminateoratleastalleviatepeople’sfearoraweofGod,therefore,theycanbereferredas“comfortablewords”. Intheearlyhumancivilization,duetot
8、hescientificrestrictions,mancouldnotresistthephenomenasuchasthenaturalandman-madedisasters,lightning,windandfire,sicknessanddeath,sotheyexplainedthosebysuperstitionorreligion,thenlanguagewithfearforgho
