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1、芻議英語委婉語的起源及其社會(huì)交際功能TheOriginofEnglishEuphemismandItsCosmeticCommunicativeFunctions-[Abstract]Euphemism,asacommonlinguisticphenomenoninworldculture,iswidelyusedineverysocialclassandfield.Englisheuphemism,asoneofmanyeuphemismsexistingintheworld,hasitsowndeeporigin,whichinc
2、ludeboththereligiousoriginandthehistorical,literaryorigin.ThisthesiswilltrytodiscusstheoriginofEnglisheuphemismfromeveryaspectofreligion,race,politics,literary,andhistory.Languagereflectslife,andisalwayscloselyrelatedtothesociety.Duringthecommunication,duetosomecertainr
3、estrictionofbehaviorandmorality,peopletendtouseeuphemism—usedasakindoflubrication,makingtheharsh,indelicatewordssoundtactfulandpleasant.Englisheuphemismplaysaveryimportantroleinpeople’ssocialcommunication.ThispaperwillalsoexpoundthesocialcommunicativefunctionofEnglisheu
4、phemismfromthethreeaspects:evasivefunction,politefunction,andcosmeticfunction.HavingagoodunderstandingoftheoriginandsocialfunctionofEnglisheuphemismandtheEnglishlanguageculturecanavoidmanyconflictsintheprocessofsocialcommunication.[KeyWords]origin;communicativefunction;
5、evasion;cosmeticfunction;politeness【摘要】委婉語是世界文化中普遍存在的語言現(xiàn)象,它廣泛應(yīng)用于社會(huì)各階層和領(lǐng)域。英語委婉語作為眾多委婉語中的一種,具有其產(chǎn)生的深厚淵源,其中包宗教與政治的,也包括文學(xué)與歷史的。本文試圖從宗教、種族、政治、文學(xué)、歷史等方面入手來探討英語委婉語的產(chǎn)生淵源。語言反映生活,并且總是和社會(huì)緊密聯(lián)系在一起,在語言交談中,由于一定的行為規(guī)范和道德準(zhǔn)則的制約,人們通常使用委婉語----這一“潤(rùn)滑劑”,使刺耳,不文雅的話變得委婉愉悅。它在人們的社會(huì)交際過程中發(fā)揮著重要作用。本文從其避諱功
6、能、禮貌功能以及掩飾功能三方面闡釋了英語委婉語的社會(huì)交際功能。通過充分理解英語委婉語的起源及其社會(huì)交際功能,進(jìn)一步理解英語語言文化,以避免社會(huì)交際中的各種沖突?!娟P(guān)鍵詞】起源;交際功能;避諱;禮貌;掩飾1.IntroductionEuphemismisaculturalphenomenonaswellasalinguisticconcept.Everylanguagehasitsowneuphemism,sodoesEnglish.Itisdeeplyrootedinsociallifeandhasagreatinfluenceons
7、ocialcommunication.AsanindispensableandnaturalpartofEnglishlanguage,Englisheuphemismhasattractedpeople’sattentionforalongtime.SinceEuphemismwascoined,ithasplayedaveryimportantroleinpeople’scommunication.Thecommunicationwithouteuphemismisunimaginable.Euphemismisusedlikel
8、ubrication,whichmakesthecommunicationgoonsmoothly.ThisthesiswillhaveanoverviewoftheoriginofEnglisheuphemism,an