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1、浅谈英语委婉语和伊拉克战争的论文[abstract]euphemismisamonlinguisticphenomenonintheglobalculture.itplaysanimportantpartinourdailymunication.asanindispensableandnaturalpartofenglishlanguage,englisheuphemismhasbeenarousingdifferentperspectives.inthefieldofpoliticsandismhas
2、beeastrategytolubricatethemunication.thispaperfirstbrieflyintroducesthecharacteristicsoftheeuphemism:universality,culturespecificity,re-symbolism,obscurityandbeautification;themunicativefunctionsofeuphemism:substitution,politeness,coverandaesthetics;andt
3、hemunicativefunctionsofeuphemismonpoliticsands,tocoverpoliticalscandals,todistortthefactsandviolenceofainlyanalysesthephenomenonofusingeuphemismbythebushadministration,media,military,saddamhusseinadministrationandhisofficialsduringtheiraqisminpoliticsand
4、thepragmaticandpoliticalpointsofvieisminthes,andexposeshoismisintheserviceofeconomicsandpolitics.[keyism;politicsandism;theiraqismisderivedfromthegreekeaning“tospeakfavorably”or“goodspeech”.euphemismisdefinedintheoxfordadvancedlearner’senglish—chinesedic
5、tionary(thesixthedition,2004)as“anindirectethingembarrassingorunpleasant,somethingtomakeitmoreacceptablethanitreallyis”.thelongmandictionaryofenglishlanguageandculture(thefirstedition,2004)defineseuphemismas“(anexampleof)theuseofapleasanter,lessdirectnam
6、eforsomethingthoughttobeunpleasant”.inismreads“substitutionofanagreeableorinoffensiveexpressionforonethatmayoffendorsuggestsomethingunpleasant”.thedefinitionsaboveillustratethegeneralcharacteristicofeuphemism---“theuseofapleasant,polite,orharmlesssoundin
7、gaskharsh,rude,orinfamoustruths”.[1]2.thecharacteristicsofeuphemismeuphemism,asalanguagephenomenon,hassomespecialcharacteristics.accordingtoyanmeiying,thecharacteristicsofeuphemismcanbegeneralizedinfiveaspects.thatisuniversality,culturespecificity,re-sym
8、bolism,obscurityandbeautification.2.1universalityalmostallculturesseemtohavecertainnotionsorthingsthatpeopletrytoavoidmentioningdirectly.thatis,nearlyeveryculturehasitsoorphrasethatsoundsbetter.“soisminalmosteverylanguage.
