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1、浅谈英语委婉语的分类、构成方式及社会功能[Abstract]AsanindispensableandnaturalpartofEnglishlanguage,Englisheuphemismshaveexistedforalongtime.Theappearanceofeverything,includingeuphemism,hasitsreasons.TheemergenceofEnglisheuphemismshasacloserelationismsplayanimportantroleinsocialmunication,theyainlydea
2、lation,classificationandsocialfunctionofEnglisheuphemisms.VariousmethodshavebeenusedtoformEnglisheuphemisms,includingphoicdevices,spellingdevices,vocabularydevices,grammaticaldevicesandrhetoricaldevices.ThepaperalsotriestoclassifyEnglisheuphemismsaccordingtothecontent.Englisheuphe
3、mismsarealmostemployedinallfieldsoflifesuchasinthefieldofdailylife,inthefieldofeducation,inthefieldoflaerceandindustry.Fromthedaytheycameintobeing,Englisheuphemismsplaytheroleofsociallubricator.anypeoplehavedefinedeuphemism.Herearesomeofthedefinitions.(1)“(exampleofthe)useofpleasa
4、nt,mildorindirectoreaccurateordirectones.”[1](2)“apoliteoredirectonetoavoidshockingorupsettingsomeone.”[2](3)“alessdirectethingunpleasantorembarrassing.”[3](4)“Substitutionofmildorvagueorroundaboutexpressionforharshordirectone;Expressionthussubstituted.”[4](5)“apoliteethingunpleas
5、antorembarrassing,suchasdeathandsex.”[5](6)“Aeuphemismisusedasanalternativetoadispreferredexpression,inordertoavoidpossiblelossofface:Eitherone’soethirdparty.”[6]Justastheabovedefinitionsstate,someharsh,blunt,unpleasantoroffensivethingsinlifeshouldnotbestateddirectlyandtruthfullyi
6、ncertainoccasions.Underthesecircumstances,somebetter-soundingnamesshouldbeused.Euphemismisapartofhumanlanguageasenonofdifferentnations.TheusageofEnglisheuphemismreflectsethicsandbehavioralcodeofpeopleinEnglish-speakingcountries.Fromthedayitcameintobeing,euphemismfunctionsasthelubr
7、icatorofmunication.Thusitenablespeopletoliveinharmonyandmakesconversationssmoothandsuccessful.Thefolloation,classificationandsocialfunctionofEnglisheuphemisms.2.TheoriginofEnglisheuphemisms“Euphemismisthelinguisticreflectionofsocialpsychologyandaproductofsocialandculturalenvironme
8、nt.”[7]“Inismsinearlytimesorigina
