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1、OntheStudyofEuphemismbetweenEnglishandChineseAbstract:Euphemismisnotonlyalingualphenomenon,butalsoaculturalandsocialphenomenon.Itwasmild,agreeable,orroundaboutwordsusedinplaceofcoarse,painful,oroffensiveones.SinceEnglisheuphemismsplayanimportantroleinsocialcommunication,theyworthcarefulandth
2、oroughstudy.SothecomparativestudyofworkbetweenEnglishandChineseeuphemismsismadeinthispaper.ThisthesisiscomposedoffivepartswithChapterTwoandFourasitscore:Thesecondchapterfocusesonthebasicunderstandingofeuphemism.Thethirdchapterdiscussesthatpragmaticfunctioninthedailylife.Thefourthchaptertalks
3、abouttheapplicationofeuphemismsindifferentfields.Thelastchapterconcludesthewholethesis.Toknowthesecouldhelpusimproveourlanguagecommunicativeability.KeyWords:euphemism;taboo:pragmaticfunctions:application1.IntroductionLanguagecommunicationisanimportantmethodtomaintainsocialrelationship,sopeop
4、leoftenusetheindirectorpleasantexpressionsintheplaceofthoseconsideredunpleasant,rudeoroffensiveincommunication.Euphemismshaveexistedforalongtime.Itislikeamirror,reflectingthevalues,aestheticconceptionsandmoralconceptsinsomeextent.Euphemismplaysanimportantpartinsocialcommunication.Itislikelub
5、ethatavoidshurtingtheotherparty’sfeeling.Itoilsthehumanrelationshipincommunicationandhelpstosavefaceofcommunicators.Ifpeoplemakefulluseofeuphemism,itcanaccelerateandfacilitatehumancommunication.EuphemismsdoexistnomatterinChineseandinEnglish.Thewesternscholarsbegantoeuphemismphenomenonwasstud
6、ied.Indeed,theappearanceofeuphemismresultsfrommanyfearfulthings,mostofthemconcerningbeliefandreligion.Inoldtimes,peoplelivedinaverylowlevel,sotheyfailedtounderstandtheessenceofsomenaturalphenomena,theybecamesuperstitiousaboutsupernaturalevennaturalpower,ortheexistenceofdevilsandgodstheyweret
7、oofearfultomentionobjectsrelatedtodevilsofgods.“whenpeoplewereunwillingtoordarenotsaysomethingunpleasant,theyhadtoshunthembyusingpleasantwordings,toimplysomethingotherswerereluctanttomentionbymetaphors(Summers,D&Gadsby,A1998:243),”andtopromptsometh