英语中的委婉语.docx
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英语中的委婉语
英语中的委婉语
EuphemisminEnglish
Contents
Abstract……………………………………………………………………...1
Keywords…………………………………………………………………...1
.Introduction……………………………………………………………...2
.LiteratureReview………….……………...……………………………3
2.1GeneralReviewoftheStudyofEuphemisms…………………………..3
2.1.1DefinitionsofEuphemisms…………………….……………………3
2.1.2Euphemisms…………………….…………………………………3
2.2TheSocialBackgroundoftheEmergenceofEuphemism….………..........4
2.3TheChangeandDevelopmentofEuphemism………….……………....4
.ClassificationofEuphemism………………..………………………5
3.1ClassificationofInterculturalCommunicationsaysthat…………..…….5
3.1.1ThePositiveEuphemismandNegativeEuphemism……………..…5
3.1.2TheUnconsciousEuphemismandConsciousEuphemism....………6
3.1.3OtherClassificationofEuphemism…………………………………6
3.2ClassificationofDoingCultureCross-cultureCommunicationinactionsaysthat………………………………………………..………………...6
3.2.1TraditionalEuphemism…………………………..………………...6
3.2.2StylisticEuphemism……………………………………………....6
.PurposeandSignificance…………………………………………….6
4.1TheSignificanceofTheory…...……………………………………….6
4.2TheSignificanceinPractice…...………………….………………........7
4.2.1RelationshipbetweenEuphemismandCulture….………………....7
4.2.2TheRelationshipbetweenEuphemismandLanguage…….………9
.PsychologicalFoundationofEuphemism…………………………..9
5.1Fear…………………………………………………………………..10
5.2WantsofRespectofDignity………...……………………………….10
5.3TheTastefortheGrandiloquent………………………….……….....10
.SomeNegativeAspectofEuphemism………………………………10
.EuphemismandCross-culturalCommunication…………………11
.Conclusion……………….………………………………………...12
References……….……………………………………………………..13
摘要:
本篇论文论述了英语中的一种表达方式----委婉语。
在任何一个社会中,总有一些不能直截了当说出来的话。
在人们交流的场合中,有相当一部分词语显示的是轻浮的、粗俗的、或至少是使人难堪的意思。
为了避免提到这些禁忌语或减轻这些词语对人感情的伤害,人们创造并使用了委婉语,这也能从中表现出一种文化的特征。
委婉语作为人类语言的一种共同现象将越来越受到人们的关注。
但是在许多年的研究中主要局限在词汇的表达上。
较前人的研究而言,这篇论文分析了委婉语产生的社会背景,它所具有的社会,心理功能及各种使用范围。
同时,在此基础之上按照其不同的作用常被区分为不同组。
而此论文的目标是提升人们在现实生活中使用委婉语的表达能力,引导中国学生能更好的,无障碍的与以英语为母语的人的交流沟通,并且准确生动。
关键词:
委婉语;交际;表达;禁忌;心理功能;文化;语言;委婉语的分类
Abstract:
ThispaperreferstoapartofEnglishexpression-euphemism.Ineverysocietytherearecertainthingsthataresupposedtobeunspeakable.Afairnumberofwordsarethereforelabeledasfrivolous,vulgar,obscene,oratleastinconsideratewhenusedincommunication.Inordertoskirtthosetaboowordsoreasethestingofharshwords,manhascreatedeuphemisms,whichcanpresumablyserveashallmarksofcivilization.Euphemismasacommonphenomenonofhumanlanguagewasgivenmoreandmoreattentionsbypeople.Butformanyyearsresearchintoitwasonlylimitedonthelexiconexpress.Comparewithformerresearches,thispaperanalyseseuphemismfromthesocialbackground,socialandpsychologicalfunctionsandscopeofeuphemism.Andbasedonthis,italsodividesthoseoftenusedeuphemismintodifferentgroupsaccordingtotheirusage.ThispaperaimsatimprovingtheabilityofeuphemismexpressionandleadingChinesestudenttocommunicatewithnativespeakercorrectlyandvividly.
Keywords:
euphemism;expression;communication;taboo;psychologicalfunction;culture;language;classificationofeuphemism
.Introduction
Ineverysocietytherearecertainthingsthatarenotallowedtobespoken,becauseofbelief,custom,sex,andsoon.Afairnumberofwordsarelabeledasfrivolous,vulgar,obscene,oratleastinconsideratewhenusedincommunication.Inordertoescapefromthosetaboowordsoreasethestingofharshwords,humanhascreatedeuphemisms,whichcanexpressthetaboomeansandnothurtthepeople’sfeeling.Euphemismasacommonphenomenonofhumanlanguagewasgivenmoreandmoreattentionsbypeople.
Whenweconsiderhowtostartourconversations,weshouldbearsinmindthataverylargenumberofthethemesandtopicsfoundintheworldtodayarenotutteredfreelyamongourhumanbeings.Wemaythinkwhatweshouldspeak,whatweshouldnotspeak,howtospeakinaproperwaywhenwewanttoexpressourlikesordislikes.Eachcommunityhasitsownprincipleswhentheyspeakofsometopics.
EuphemismisapartofEnglishexpression.Itmeans:
theuseofapleasanter,lessdirectwordforsomethingthoughttobeunpleasant.ThewordeuphemismisderivedfromaGreekwordmeaning“tospeakfavorably”or“goodspeech”Euphemismsaremild,pleasant,orinoffensiveexpressions,substitutedforharsh,blunt,coarse,orunpleasantones.Theyareoftenusedofpolitenessorconsiderationforotherpeople’spellings,forinstance,wewouldprobablysaytoourfriend,“I’msorrytohearyouoftenquarrelwithyourmother.”Becausewefeelthatthefirststatementsismoreagreeablethanthesecondone.WhenreferringtoMarx’sdeath,Englishwrote:
“Onthe14thofMarch,ataquartertothreeintheafternoon,thegreatestlivingthinkerceasedtothink.Hehadbeenleftaloneforscarcelytwominu
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