the application of euphemism in english language teaching

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1、10英本4班严静仪33号TheApplicationofEuphemisminEnglishLanguageTeachingYanJingyiZhaoqingUniversityAbstractTheuseofeuphemismisaprevailinglanguagephenomenoninhumancommunication.Andthecorrectuseofeuphemismcanavoidembarrassmentandunpleasantnessduringinterpersonalcommunication,whichleadstothesuccessfulsocialint

2、ercourse.Englisheuphemism,asanindispensableandnaturalpartofEnglishlanguage,haslongbeenarousingwideinterestfrommanylinguistsandscholars.Researchesintothistopiccoverdifferentperspectives,includinglinguistics,sociolinguistics,pragmatics,psychology,soonandsoforth.Basedonthepreviousachievements,thisthe

3、sisattemptstodiscusstheapplicationofeuphemisminEnglishlanguageteaching.Sincetheeuphemismplaysanactiveroleinfacilitatinglanguageteaching,thispaperelaboratestheoriginandfeaturesofeuphemism,andlaysanemphasisonthestudyofapplicationofeuphemisminEnglishlanguageteachingtocallforthpeople’sattentiontotheim

4、portanceofeuphemismsinourdailycommunication.Communicationisthemostfundamentalfunctionofalllanguages.Successfulcommunicationisofgreatimportanceinourdailylife,andeuphemismsensureusasmoothinteractionwithotherpeoplesincethiswayofexpressiontakesothers’“facewant”intoconsiderationandputs“politeness”inthe

5、firstplace.Asisremarkedabove,itispracticalandmeaningfultointroduceknowledgeofEnglisheuphemismsintoourEnglishteaching.Keywords:Englisheuphemisms;application;EnglishlanguageteachingIntroductionTheeuphemismisoriginallyawordorphraseusedtoplaceareligiouswordorphrasethatshouldnotbespokenaloud(suchastabo

6、o).Asauniversallinguistic610英本4班严静仪33号phenomenon,euphemismiswidelyusednomatterinwhicheraorwhichculture.Fromthemomentitiscoined,itplaysanimportantroleinpeople’severydaycommunication.Theroleeuphemismplayinginalanguageisjustlikethelubricationoilinamachine,whichenablespeopletoexpresswhatcan’tbeuttered

7、directlyandensurescommunicationtobecarriedonsuccessfully.Alanguagewithouteuphemismswouldbeadefectiveinstrumentofcommunication.EuphemismasanimportantrhetoricalmeansinEnglishhasplayedanimportantroleinpeople’sdailyc