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分类号 分类号 密级 学校代码 10542 学号—201202—080630 A Cognitive Study of the‘_DEATH’哆 Euphemisms in A Dream ofRed Mansions 《红楼梦》中“死亡’’委婉语的认知研究 指导教师姓名、职称 鱼鲤红塾撞 学 科 专 业 墓适噩主塞鲎 湖南师范大学学位评定委员会办公室 二。一五年六月 万方数据 A A Cognitive Study of the‘；‘DEATH’哆 Euphemisms in A Dream ofRed Mansions AThesis Submitted to Foreign Studies College Of Hunan Normal University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master ofArts in the Subj ect of English Language and Literature By Liu Ren Under the Supervision of Bai Jiehong Changsha，Hunan June，2015 万方数据 AbstractDeath Abstract Death is such a common physiological phenomenon that no one can ever avoid．For this reason，human beings are generally afraid of death and tend to avoid mentioning it in their speeches if possible．However, death is the inevitable destination of human beings，SO it has to be mentioned in our life．Thus the“DEATH’’euphemisms became people’S favorite expressions．A Dream of Red Mansions is a masterpiece of tragedy，where‘‘death”is mentioned quite often．According to the author’S research，there are 1 04“DEATHeuphemisms，accounting for 44％of all the euphemisms(250)． However,the researches about the euphemisms of A Dream of Red Mansions are limited in two fields：translation of euphemisms and comparative studies between English and Chinese euphemisms．The above researches haven’t fully analyzed the euphemisms in A Dream of Red Mansions from a cognitive perspective．Thus，the thesis uses Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Conceptual Metonymy Theory and adopts a qualitative method to have a comparatively comprehensive analysis of the‘‘DEATH’’euphemisms in A Dream ofRed Mansions from a cognitive aspect． The study tries to answer three research questions：(1)How many ‘‘DEATH’’euphemisms are there in A Dream ofRed Mansions?What are the specific features of them?(2)What are the cognitive mechani sms of meaning construction of the above‘‘DEATH’’euphemisms in A Dream of 万方数据 万方数据 万方数据 Red Red Mansions?(3)What are the cognitive foundation