英语委婉语在日常交际中的作用.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 10 摘要 委婉语是人类语言中的一种普遍现象，它在人们的日常社交活动中使用得十分广泛，是语言使用中人们协调人际关系的重要手段。使用委婉语有利于提高交际效果和保持和谐的人际关系。在人类文明日益发展和人际交往不断扩大的今天，委婉语更是发挥着其不可或缺的作用。Hugh Rawson (1981)也曾断言“委婉如此深植于我们的语言中，以至于很少有人能一天离得开它，就连那些以说话平铺直叙而自居的人也不例外。”同样，委婉语也引起了语言学界的极大兴趣。 多年来，语言学者们分别从不同角度对这一语言现象进行分析研究。同时，它独特的语用功能也成为当前社会语用学研究的重要课题。本文通过借鉴前人的研究成果，从语言学的角度来分析，探讨委婉语的产生，分类，构成，委婉语的使用对语言系统与交际的影响，委婉语在人际会话中的功能和应用。本文旨在通过对委婉语产生动因和社会功能意义的分析，为言语交际和社会交流服务，从而认清在人际交往中委婉语使用的重要意义，以减少交际失误，避免人际冲突，改善人际关系。 [关键词] 委婉语；人际会话；功能；应用 Abstract Euphemism is a common phenomenon in languages. It has a great effect on daily communication. People use euphemism because they fear something, because they want to save face or because they strongly incline to avoid talking about something. With the development of modern society, it has become an important element in people’s interactions. Hugh Rawson (1981) has also affirmed “Euphemisms are embedded so deeply in our language that few of us, even those who pride themselves on being plain-spoken, even get through a day without using them”. So it is not surprising that euphemism has long been a focus of interest in linguistic circle, and a considerable amount of literature on euphemisms has been accumulating. With the progress of society and development of human civilization, euphemism accompanies the process of language communication of the whole society. Many linguists and scholars have studied the linguistic phenomenon from different angles. Based on their achievements, the paper will have an exploration the principles and ways of using English euphemism, make a brief introduction and classification of euphemism, introduce social function and application of euphemism. Euphemisms are a linguistic technique for people to achieve various goals in communication. Therefore, encoding euphemisms correctly and using them properly are closely related to whether an individual can conduct successful communication. [Key Words] euphemism; communication; functio