A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Euphemisms 英语毕业论文.docVIP

A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Euphemisms Table of Contents Acknowledgements……………………………………………………..…………..…i Abstract in English……………………………………………………………… ii Abstract in Chinese……………………………………………………………… iii Table of Contents……………………………………….…………………………iv I Introduction ………………………………………………………………………1 II A Brief Introduction to Euphemism…………………………7 2.1A General Review of the Studies on Euphemism……7 2.2 Definition of Euphemism …………………………………………………….. 8 2.2.1 Origin and Definition of Euphemism ……………………….……….. 9 2.2.2 Euphemism and Taboo ……………………….…………………….. 11 2.3 Formation of Euphemism …………………………………………………..26 III Study on Euphemisms in English and Chinese…………39 3.1 Comparison of Euphemisms in English and Chinese ……51 3.2 Cultural Reasons for the Differences in Expressions………………… 57 IV conclusion …………………………………………..…65 Bibliography ……………………………………………………………..…….. 72 Acknowledgements: At the point of finishing this paper, I’d like to express my sincere thanks to all those who have lent me hands in the course of my writing this paper. First of all, Id like to take this opportunity to show my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, who has given me so much useful advices on my writing, and has tried her best to improve my paper. Secondly, I’d like to express my gratitude to all my classmates offered me references and information on time. Last but not the least, I’d like to thank those leaders, teachers and working staff especially those in the School of Foreign Languages. Without their help, it would be much harder for me to finish my study and this paper. Abstract in English: Based on previous study. This thesis, consulted a large number of documents and the number of data analysis. This article through to the Chinese and English euphemism structure mode and pragmatic functions contrast, this article aims at analyzing the similarities and differences of English and Chinese euphemism in, to deepen the understanding of the euphemism, in order to better use the euphemism