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1、AContrastiveStudyofEuphemismsinEnglishandChineseAbstractEuphemismexistsinanylanguage.It'soneofthemostimportantwaysofexpressionandrhetoricdevicesinbothEnglishandChinese.Asanindispensableandnaturalpartoflanguage,euphemismhasbeenarousingwideinterest.Manylinguistsandscholarshavestudie
2、dthislinguisticphenomenon.Asaresult,achievementsinthestudyofeuphemismhavebeenconspicuous.Thus,onthebasisofothers’researches,thispaperaimsatacomprehensiveanalysisofEnglishandChineseeuphemismsbycomparativelyanalyzingtheirdifferencesinformation,cultureandpragmaticfunction.I.Introduct
3、ionEuphemismisaveryimportantlanguagephenomenon.Itplaysanirreplaceableroleinhumansocialactivitiesandinterpersonalcommunication.Itcanmakedistastefulideasseemacceptableorevendesirable,thusmaintainingbettersocialrelationshipandexchangingideas.Euphemismisalsoaculturalphenomenonaswellas
4、alinguisticconcept.Everylanguagehasitsowneuphemism,sodoEnglishandChinese.Itisdeeplyrootedinsociallifeandhasagreatinfluenceonsocialcommunication.Asanindispensableandnaturalpartoflanguage,euphemismhasattractedpeople’sattentionforalongtime.Euphemismhascloserelationshipswithculture,an
5、dittrulyreflectsthelifeandvaluesofpeopleandtheirhistory.Withthedevelopmentofeconomyandthepolicyofreformandopenup,therehavebeenmoreandmorecommunicationsandcooperation.However,aspeoplehavelittleknowledgeaboutothers’cultureandtheirexpressionsofeuphemisms,therehasbeendifficultyincommu
6、nication.Thus,thereisagreatneedforustostudyeuphemisms,especiallythedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglisheuphemisms.ThestudyofChineseandEnglisheuphemismscanhelpusunderstandtheChineseandwesternculturesandpromotetheinternationaldevelopment.II.Euphemism(I).DefinitionofEuphemismA.TheDefi
7、nitionofEnglishEuphemismThewordeuphemismcomesfromtheGreekwordευφημία(euphemia),meaning"theuseofwordsofgoodomen",whichinturnisderivedfromtheGreekroot-wordseu(ευ),"good/well"+pheme(φήμι)"speech/speaking".Theprefix“eu”means“good,soundwell”,and“pheme”means“saying”or“speech”.Andthusthe
8、literalmeaningof“euphemism”is“tos
