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1、浅谈英语委婉语及其社会功能【关键词】委婉语；起源；形成；社会功能I.IntroductionEuphemismisaculturalphenomenonaswellasalinguisticconcept.Everylanguagehasitsowneuphemism,sodoesEnglish.Itisdeeplyrootedinsociallifeandhasagreatinfluenceonsocialcommunication.AsanindispensableandnaturalpartofEnglishlanguage,
2、Englisheuphemismhasattractedpeople’sattentionforalongtime.Sinceeuphemismwascoined,ithasplayedaveryimportantroleinpeople’scommunication.Thecommunicationwithouteuphemismisunimaginable.Euphemismisusedlikelubrication,whichmakesthecommunicationgoonsmoothly.Thisthesiswillhav
3、eanoverviewoftheoriginofEnglisheuphemism,andstateitsformationandsocialfunctions.Asalinguisticconcept,Englisheuphemismhascloserelationshipswithwesterncultures,andittrulyreflectslivingvaluesofEnglishpeopleandtheirhistory.Euphemismisaparticularlygoodmediumforaccesstolangu
4、ageforce,whichhasprovidedaneffectiveapproachtounderstandingthehumanmind.ThestudyofEnglisheuphemismcanhelpusunderstandthewesterncultureandpromotetheinternationaldevelopmentbecauseeuphemismsarewidelyusedininternationalnegotiations.SothereisagreatneedforustostudyEnglisheu
5、phemism,including:itsorigin,itsformationanditssocialfunctions,etc.II.TheDefinitionandClassificationofEnglishEuphemismA.DefinitionEuphemismisauniversallinguisticphenomenon.Nearlyineverylanguage,therearesomedisgustingwordswhichmakepeoplefeelembarrassed.Intheprocessofcomm
6、unication,theunsuitableortoodirectwordswillmakepeoplefeeluncomfortable,evenangry.Thenthereisagreatneedforustouseatactfulwaytoexpressemotion,exchangeideas.Thatistosay,touseapleasant,mildorindirectwordsorphrasestaketheplaceoftabooedwords.Itisknownthateuphemismisaformofla
7、nguageintentionallycreatedinsocialrelationtoachieveidealcommunication.Withoutthem,anylanguagewouldseemtobebluntandflavorless,voidofpolitenessandvividnesstosomeextent.Asatoolintheprocessofpeopleusinglanguage,euphemismisanimportantwayforpeopletodealwiththesocialrelations
8、hips.Likeakindoflubrication,euphemismenablespeopletoexpresswhatcannotbeuttereddirectlyandensurescommunicationtobecarr
