英语本科毕业论文-中英死亡委婉语对比分析.docVIP

. 本科毕业论文中英死亡委婉语对比分析二〇〇七年五月 Death Euphemisms Between Chinese and English: A Contrastive Analysis Yang Xiaofeng Under the Supervision of Wang Huan School of Foreign Languages and Cultures Panzhihua University May 2007 Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………I Key Words……………………………………………………………………………I 摘　要…………………………………………………………………………………II 关键词…………………………………………………………………………………II Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1 Ⅰ. Euphemism and Death Euphemism………………………………………………2 A. Previous Studies of Euphemism………………………………………………2 B. Definition of Euphemism………………………………………………………2 Ⅱ. Theoretical Backgrounds and Bases……………………………………………3 A. Context of Culture ……………………………………………………………3 B. Florence Kluckhohn’s Five Orientations………………………………………4 Ⅲ. Classification of Death Euphemism in Chinese and English……………………5 A. Death Euphemism in Chinese……………………………………厖厖?m 5 1. Death of Religious People厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖f Religiou5 2. Death of Monarch and Common 厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖6 arch and3. Death of Others厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖Othersch and6 B. Death Euphemism in English厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖?uphemism 7 1. Death of Religious People厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖f Religiou7 2. Death of Hospital and Maritime厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖?of Hospi8 3. Death of Others厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖9 hersal and MⅣ. Contrastive Analysis of Death Euphemism in Chinese and English……………10 A. Differences of religion………………………………………………………10 B. Differences of Social Custom…………………………………………………11 C. Differences of Cultural Pattern………………………………………………13 Conclusion………………厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖…Cultural P15 Acknowledgements厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖?nts厖…Cultura16 Bibliography厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖厖ts厖…Cultural P17 Abstract Euphemism is a typical and common cultural phenomenon in both Chinese and English communities, which has a long standing history. Death euphemism, which plays a vital role in linguistics, is an important component of euphemism. The thesis tends to make a contrastive analysis of death euphemism between Chinese and English under the two absolutely different culture characteris