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1、碩士學(xué)位論文題目英語委婉語的語用分析英文ThePragmaticAnalysisofEnglishEuphemism專業(yè)外國語言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語言學(xué)研究方向模糊語言學(xué)VIIAbstractEnglisheuphemismisacommonlinguisticaswellasculturalphenomenonindailylife.EnglisheuphemismemergesintheworksbysuchliterarygiantsasShakespeareaswellasinthestatementsmadebythepopulace.Itisnotonl
2、yeuphemisticwords,expressions,sentences,discourses,butalsoawayofexpressionbytheapplicationoflanguagetocommunication.Inmostcases,Englisheuphemismcancoverunpleasant,disgusting,terrifyingrealitiesandcanalsohideembarrassingorface-threateningthings.Therefore,wecansayitisasortof“l(fā)ubrica
3、tingoil”inlanguagecommunication,whichoilsthehumanrelationshipandhelpstosavefaceofcommunicators.Englisheuphemismholdsgreatinterestforbotheasternandwesternscholarsandsomeexcitingprogresshasbeenmadebothathomeandabroad,butthescopeofthepreviousstudyhasbeensofarmainlyrestrictedtotheleve
4、loflexicon.FewpeoplehavestudiedEnglisheuphemisminspecificcontext.Thetaskofpragmaticsistopututterancesintocertaincontextandtodiscoverhowlanguageisusedindifferentcontext.TheoriginalityofthisthesisliesinthestudyofEnglisheuphemismfromtheperspectiveofpragmatics.Itanalyzestherelationshi
5、pbetweenEnglisheuphemismandtheCooperativePrinciple,therelationshipbetweenEnglisheuphemismandthePolitenessPrinciple,andconcludesthatEnglisheuphemismresultsfromtheintentionalviolationofthemaximsoftheCPandtheobservationofthePP.Andthisthesisalsodiscussesthephenomenonofpragmaticvaguene
6、ssintheformationandfunctionsofEnglisheuphemism.ItshowsthatmostEnglisheuphemismsarevagueinnatureandthepragmaticvaguenessofEnglisheuphemismisveryimportantintherealizationofthepragmaticfunctionsofEnglisheuphemism.VIIEnglisheuphemismhasfivepragmaticfunctions.Theyarethefunctionofavoidi
7、ngtaboo,thefunctionofbeingpolite,thefunctionofdisguising,thefunctionofbeinghumorousandthefunctionofbeingmodest.EveryEnglisheuphemismcanfulfilloneormoreofsuchpragmaticfunctionsineveryspecificcontext.ThemaximsofCooperativePrinciplerequirepeopletospeaksincerely,relevantly,andclearlyw
8、hileprovidingsufficientinformatio