資源描述:
《On Function and Application of English Euphemism in Communication》由會員上傳分享,免費在線閱讀,更多相關(guān)內(nèi)容在學(xué)術(shù)論文-天天文庫。
1、OnFunctionandApplicationofEnglishEuphemisminCommunication摘要委婉語是人類語言中的一種普遍現(xiàn)象,它在人們的日常社交活動中使用得十分廣泛,是語言使用中人們協(xié)調(diào)人際關(guān)系的重要手段。使用委婉語有利于提高交際效果和保持和諧的人際關(guān)系。在人類文明日益發(fā)展和人際交往不斷擴大的今天,委婉語更是發(fā)揮著其不可或缺的作用。HughRawson(1981)也曾斷言“委婉如此深植于我們的語言中,以至于很少有人能一天離得開它,就連那些以說話平鋪直敘而自居的人也不例外?!蓖瑯?,委婉語也
2、引起了語言學(xué)界的極大興趣。多年來,語言學(xué)者們分別從不同角度對這一語言現(xiàn)象進行分析研究。同時,它獨特的語用功能也成為當(dāng)前社會語用學(xué)研究的重要課題。本文通過借鑒前人的研究成果,從語言學(xué)的角度來分析,探討委婉語的產(chǎn)生,分類,構(gòu)成,委婉語的使用對語言系統(tǒng)與交際的影響,委婉語在人際會話中的功能和應(yīng)用。本文旨在通過對委婉語產(chǎn)生動因和社會功能意義的分析,為言語交際和社會交流服務(wù),從而認(rèn)清在人際交往中委婉語使用的重要意義,以減少交際失誤,避免人際沖突,改善人際關(guān)系。[關(guān)鍵詞]委婉語;人際會話;功能;應(yīng)用14AbstractEup
3、hemismisacommonphenomenoninlanguages.Ithasagreateffectondailycommunication.Peopleuseeuphemismbecausetheyfearsomething,becausetheywanttosavefaceorbecausetheystronglyinclinetoavoidtalkingaboutsomething.Withthedevelopmentofmodernsociety,ithasbecomeanimportantele
4、mentinpeople’sinteractions.HughRawson(1981)hasalsoaffirmed“Euphemismsareembeddedsodeeplyinourlanguagethatfewofus,eventhosewhopridethemselvesonbeingplain-spoken,evengetthroughadaywithoutusingthem”.Soitisnotsurprisingthateuphemismhaslongbeenafocusofinterestinli
5、nguisticcircle,andaconsiderableamountofliteratureoneuphemismshasbeenaccumulating.Withtheprogressofsocietyanddevelopmentofhumancivilization,euphemismaccompaniestheprocessoflanguagecommunicationofthewholesociety.Manylinguistsandscholarshavestudiedthelinguisticp
6、henomenonfromdifferentangles.Basedontheirachievements,thepaperwillhaveanexplorationtheprinciplesandwaysofusingEnglisheuphemism,makeabriefintroductionandclassificationofeuphemism,introducesocialfunctionandapplicationofeuphemism.Euphemismsarealinguistictechniqu
7、eforpeopletoachievevariousgoalsincommunication.Therefore,encodingeuphemismscorrectlyandusingthemproperlyarecloselyrelatedtowhetheranindividualcanconductsuccessfulcommunication.[KeyWords]euphemism;communication;function;application14IntroductionPeoplealloverth
8、eworldtrytousemildandagreeablelanguagewhilespeakingofunpleasantorembarrassingfacts.Almostallpeople,allthetime,seemtohavecertainthingsornotionsthattheyavoidmentioningdirectly.Sometimespeop