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从合作原则看英语委婉语的使用 从合作原则看英语委婉语的使用 委婉语that are anxious to present onl the handsomest possible images of themselves to the orld. And the are imbedded so deepl in our language that fe of us, even those ho pride themselves on bEing plainspoken, ever get through a da ithout using them. But some people still mistake the euphemisms in the onversation b the Cooperative priniple. Violating the CP, people also an ontinue the onversation ith euphemisms, hih make the author interest in attitudes of partiipants and the purpose of onversation. That is our bod toda. Formation of euphemisms 1 Formal innovation To avoid the emergene of ertain letter or sound ma ahieve the effet of euphemizing. The formal innovation an hide audio-visuall those ords e don’t ant to sa or e shouldn’t sa so as to ahieve better oute in muniation. 1.1Abbreviation Abbreviation is the shortening of a ord and ma be seen in the use of the British expression LADIES for ladies’ room. There also is GENTS for gentlemen’s room. Apoopation is another form of abbreviation apparent in the use of vamp for vampire here meaning a sedutive oman. And lav is for lavator; homo is for homosexual; oa is for oaine; bra is for brassiere. 1.3 Initialing Initialing is the use of aronms instead of thEIr ponent parts as in JC for “Jesus Christ”, BM for boel movement, W.C for ater loset, B.O for bod odor, V.D for venereal disease, AIDS for aquired immune defiien sndrome, SARS for severe aute respirator sndrome. 1.4 Bakforming Bakforming is the substitution for one part of speeh for another, as in burgle hih is derived from burglar. 1.5 Redupliation Redupliation is the repetition of a sllable or letter of a ord. Partiularl mon in hildren’s bathroom voabular, it substitutes pee-pee forpiss, poo-poo for boel movement. 1.6 Blend ord A blend ord is a form of phoneti distortion in hih to or more ords are squeezed together both orthographiall and phonetiall. An example of this is gezunda for a ha