Analysis of the Social Functions of English Euphemism英语委婉语社会功能分析

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1、ContentsAbstract1KeyWords1摘要1关键词11.Introduction12.ABriefIntroductiontoEnglishEuphemism22.1TheDefinitionofEnglishEuphemism22.2TheOriginsofEnglishEuphemism32.3TheClassificationofEuphemisms42.4TheSignificanceofEnglishEuphemism53.TwoPragmaticTheoriesandEnglishEuphemism53.1PolitenessPr

2、incipleandEnglishEuphemism63.2Face-savingTheoryandEnglishEuphemism74.TheSocialFunctionsofEnglishEuphemism84.1EnglishEuphemismasanAvoidanceofTaboo84.2EnglishEuphemismasaMeansofExpressingPoliteness104.3EnglishEuphemismasaMake-up124.4ThePoeticFunctionofEnglishEuphemism145.Conclusion1

3、6Bibliography171AnalysisoftheSocialFunctionsofEnglishEuphemismAbstract:Widelyusedbyalllayersofpeople,EnglisheuphemismhasreflectedthedistinctivenessofEnglishculture.Becauseofitsimportance,Englisheuphemismhasbeenstudiedsincethe17thcentury.ThisthesistriestostudythesocialfunctionsofEn

4、glisheuphemismindetailwiththemethodofanalysisandalotofinstances.Itfirstlygivesanintroductiontothedefinition,origins,classificationandsignificanceofEnglisheuphemism.ThenthePolitenessPrincipleandtheFace-savingTheoryareappliedtoanalyzethereasonsunderlyingtheuseofEnglisheuphemism.Last

5、lybutmostimportantly,thesocialfunctionsofEnglisheuphemismarestudied.ThestudyofEnglisheuphemismespeciallythatofthesocialfunctionsbasedonEnglishculturalbackgroundsoffersusagoodwaytobeawareofEnglishcultures.KeyWords:Englisheuphemism;culture;socialfunctions摘要：英语委婉语被广泛使用，所以它能鲜明反应英国文化独特

6、的一面。从十七世纪开始，人们已开始关注英语委婉语。本文意在详细论述英语委婉语的社会功能。使用的主要方法是论证和分析。首先，本文将介绍英语委婉语的定义、来源、分类及意义；其次，本文将引用礼貌原则和面子保全理论来揭示人们使用委婉语的原因；最后，本文将详细介绍英语委婉语的社会功能。委婉语的研究，特别是基于文化之上的社会功能研究，能使我们了解更多的英国文化。　关键词：英语委婉语；文化；社会功能171.IntroductionEnglisheuphemismdeliversinformationinawayof“beatingaroundthebushes”rath

7、erthan“callingaspadeaspade”.Simplyspeaking,euphemismisusedtocreateharmonyandmakeconversationspleasantandsmooth.Asitsfunctionasalubricant,Englisheuphemismisstudiedformanycenturies.Atthe17thcentury,itissaidtobeemployedtoconcealsomeunpleasanttopics,suchasdeathandillness.Thenwiththede

8、velopmentinlinguistics,cultureand