A Study of Taboos in the Western Cultures from the Perspective of English Euphemisms 《从英语委婉语看西方文化的禁忌》

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1、AStudyofTaboosintheWesternCulturesfromthePerspectiveofEnglishEuphemisms从英语委婉语看西方文化的禁忌ContentsAbstractinEnglishIAbstractinChineseIII.Introduction11.1.Thedefinitionofeuphemisms11.2.TheoriginofEnglisheuphemisms1II.TaboosofEnglisheuphemismsandtheirconnotation32.1.Theclassi

2、ficationofEnglisheuphemisms32.2.ThefunctionofEnglisheuphemisms32.2.1.Functionoftaboos32.2.2.Functionofpoliteness42.2.3.Functionofbeautification42.2.4.Functionofconcealment52.3.AnanalysisoftaboosofWesternculturethroughunderstandingtheincentivesofEnglisheuphemisms52.3.1.

3、TheuseofEnglisheuphemismsasaresultofworryandfear52.3.2.Theuseofreligiouseuphemismsasaresultofworship62.3.3.Theuseofshynesseuphemismsasaresultofshypsychology6III.ApplicationofEnglisheuphemismsanditsrevelationoncross-culturalcommunication83.1.CharacteristicsofEnglisheuph

4、emismsincross-culturalcommunication83.1.1.TimedifferencesofEnglisheuphemisms83.1.2.RegionaldifferencesofEnglisheuphemisms83.1.3.RegisterdifferencesofEnglisheuphemisms83.1.4.NationalityofEnglisheuphemisms93.1.5.GenderdifferencesofEnglisheuphemisms93.2.MoreexamplesforEng

5、lisheuphemismsandtheirspecificapplications103.3.RevelationofEnglisheuphemismsoncross-culturalcommunication10IV.Conclusion13Bibliography14江苏科技大学外国语学院毕业论文中文摘要AStudyofTaboosintheWesternCulturefromthePerspectiveofEnglishEuphemismsAbstractAeuphemismisakindoflinguisticphenom

6、enonusedintheprocessofhumancommunication,whichis,inasense,aroundaboutwayofspeechwhentheuserdoesnotwanttooffendtherecipientofthemessage.Inhumancommunication,euphemismscanhelppeopleexpresstheirmeaninginanabstractwaywithoutlosingtheiroriginalintentions.Sincemanysubjectsin

7、humanlifeareinappropriatetobeexpresseddirectly,euphemismswouldbeidealforpeopletoexchangethoughtswithoutfeelingguiltyorembarrassed.Euphemisms,aculturalphenomenonoriginatedintaboos,areaphenomenonthatwhenpeopletalkaboutsomeparticularsubjects,theywillsubstitutethemformorei

8、ndirectandeuphemisticlanguagetoavoidingembarrassment.Theapplicationofeuphemismsisanimprovementofbothlanguageuseandthe