An Analysis of the Formation and Social Communicative Function of English Euphemism 浅谈英语委婉语的构成及社会交际功能.doc

本科毕业论文 中文题目：浅谈英语委婉语的构成及社会交际功能 外文题目：An Analysis of the Formation and Social Communicative Function of English Euphemism 院 系 翻译系 专 业 英语(翻译) 年 级 学 号 学 生 指导教师 结稿日期 2009年5月8日 翻译学院教务处制 浅谈英语委婉语的构成及社会交际功能 摘要：随着社会的进步，人类文明的发展，语言交际人类以维系社会关系的重要手段，因而人们在交际中通常避免使用引起双方不快从而损害双方关系的语言，而是采取迂回曲折的方法来表达思想，交流信息不仅是种语言现象，而且是社会现象和文化现象。文从通过充分理解英语委婉语，进一步理解英语语言文化，以避免社会交际中的各种冲突。避讳功能、礼貌功能掩饰功能方面阐释了英语委婉语。有助于更深入的了解英语国家人们的思维方式、社会价值观、道德观以及文化风俗，对于提高自身言语交际功能是十分必要的An Analysis of the Formation and Social Communicative Function of English Euphemism Abstract With the development of the society and human civilization, language communication is an important means by which people maintain social relation and human relation. So people always try to avoid causing the unpleasantness of the two communicative sides and damaging their relationship, they use roundabout ways to express ideas and exchange information instead. Euphemism is a common phenomenon when people use language, which is not only a social language phenomenon, but it is also a cultural phenomenon. In this paper, the present observes English euphemism from linguistic, sociological and psychological aspects. Having a good understanding of the formation and social function of English euphemism and the English language culture can avoid many conflicts in the process of social communication. The thesis falls into three parts. It gives the definition of the English euphemism so that we can understand this thesis better. And then the author expresses the formation of the English euphemism from rhetorical means and semantic means. The rhetorical means include metaphorical transfer, ellipsis and personification. The semantic means include loanwords, understatement and widening or narrowing of meaning. At last, the social communicative function from evasive, polite, cosmetic and tactful function. T