英汉委婉语对比研究分析---毕业论文.docVIP

【标题】英汉委婉语对比研究分析 【作者】 【关键词】委婉语；英语；汉语；对比分析 【指导老师】 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionIn every society there are certain things that are not supposed to be speakable or mentioned directly. A fair number of words are labeled as frivolous, vulgar, or at least inconsiderate. But in communication, for better maintaining social relationship and exchanging ideas, people have to resort to a kind of language, which can make distasteful ideas seem acceptable or even desirable. This language phenomenon is defined as?“euphemism” in linguistics and it comes in a variety of forms and is used for a variety of reasons.Unlike other figurative language devices, for example, the metaphor of poetry or prose, euphemism aims to surprise and entertain 1, strives to avoid offence by means of circumlocution. As a communicative skill—“telling it like it isn’t” 2, euphemism abounds in our life. Thus, this paper will comparatively analyzing our Chinese and English euphemisms similarities and differences in communicative functions, linguistics, ranges of use and cultural characteristics.II. Literature of EuphemismA. Definition of EuphemismNo doubt, euphemism is a widely and frequently used figure of speech. Western linguists think the word?“euphemism” comes from the Greek?“eu”( meaning?“good”) and?“pheme”(meaning?“speech” or?“saying”), and thus it literally means?“to speak with good words”. Later on, euphemism is defined differently and more precisely. Some of the definitions are listed below:(1) It is a figure of speech which consists in the substitution of a word or expression of comparatively favourable implication or less unpleasant associations, instead of the harsher or more offensive one that would more precisely designate what is intended 3.(2) Euphemizing is generally defined as substituting an inoffensive or pleasant term for a more explicit, offensive one, thereby veneering the truth by using kind words4.????????????????????? Given from the perspective of rhetoric, all the ab