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1、AnAnalysisofEnglishEuphemismAbstractEverydifferentlanguagehasitsowneuphemism,soisEnglish.Euphemismisacommonphenomenon,anditisnotonlyalinguisticphenomenon,butalsoakindofsocialphenomenonandculturalphenomenonwhichiscloselyrelatedtoculturalbackgrounds,religiousthoughts
2、andlifestyles,etc.Euphemismaremild,agreeable,orroundaboutwordsusedinplaceofcoarse,painful,oroffensiveones.Itisafigureofspeech,alsoakindofculturephenomenon.ThisthesisaimsatanalyzingEnglisheuphemismbothonitsclassificationanditsfunctions.Andthisthesisalsowantstomakeso
3、meresearchonthesignificancesthatEnglisheuphemismforEnglishlanguagelearners.Thepaperiscomposedoffivepartsincludinganintroductionandaconclusion.ThefirstpartprovidesageneralviewofadefinitionforEnglisheuphemism.ThispartpresentsseveraldifferentdefinitionsofEnglisheuphem
4、ismandmakedifferentiatesamongthosedifferentdefinitions.ThesecondpartmakesaclassificationofEnglisheuphemism.ResearchshowsthatEnglisheuphemismcanbeclassifiedintofollowingcategories:euphemismaboutreligion,diseasesanddeath,euphemismaboutsex,birthandbodyexcretion,euphem
5、ismaboutpoliticsandmilitary,euphemismaboutoccupationsandbusiness,euphemismabouteducation.ThethirdpartexpressesthefourkindsoffunctionsofEnglisheuphemism,includingtheevasivefunction,thepolitefunction,thecosmeticfunctionandthehumorousfunctionofEnglisheuphemism.Thefour
6、thpartrevealsthesignificanceofEnglisheuphemismforEnglishlanguagelearners.Thelastpartistheconclusionpart,inthispart,thefunctionsandsignificanceofdifferentkindsofEnglisheuphemismarereaffirmed.Keyword:Englisheuphemism,classification,function,significanceContentsAbstra
7、ct………………………………………………..1.Introduction………………………………………...2.ClassificationofEnglishEuphemism……………...2.1Euphemismsaboutreligion,diseasesanddeath………….2.2EuphemismsaboutSex,BirthandBodyExcretion………2.3EuphemismsaboutPolitics,MilitaryandBusiness………2.4EuphemismsaboutOccupati
8、ons,Money,AgeandAppearance…………………………………………………2.5EuphemismsaboutEducation……………………………...3.FunctionsofEnglishEuphemism………………….3.1EvasiveFunction…………
