浅谈英语委婉语的分类、构成方式及社会功能论文.docVIP

　　浅谈英语委婉语的分类、构成方式及社会功能论文 Abstract As an indispensable and natural part of English language, English euphemisms have existed for a long time. The appearance of everything, including euphemism, has its reasons. The emergence of English euphemisms has a close relation isms play an important role in social munication, they ainly deal ation, classification and social function of English euphemisms. Various methods have been used to form English euphemisms, including phoic devices, spelling devices, vocabulary devices, grammatical devices and rhetorical devices. The paper also tries to classify English euphemisms according to the content. English euphemisms are almost employed in all fields of life such as in the field of daily life, in the field of education, in the field of laerce and industry. From the day they came into being, English euphemisms play the role of social lubricator. any people have defined euphemism. Here are some of the definitions. (1) “(example of the) use of pleasant, mild or indirect ore accurate or direct ones.”1 (2) “a polite ore direct one to avoid shocking or upsetting someone.”2 (3) “a less direct ething unpleasant or embarrassing.”3 (4) “Substitution of mild or vague or roundabout expression for harsh or direct one; Expression thus substituted.”4 (5) “a polite ething unpleasant or embarrassing, such as death and sex.”5 (6) “A euphemism is used as an alternative to a dispreferred expression, in order to avoid possible loss of face: Either one’s oe third party.”6 Just as the above definitions state, some harsh, blunt, unpleasant or offensive things in life should not be stated directly and truthfully in certain occasions. Under these circumstances, some better-sounding names should be used. Euphemism is a part of human language as enon of different nations. The usage of English euphemism reflects ethics and behavioral code of people in English-speaking countries. From the day it came into being, euphemism functions as the lubricator of muni