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1、政治委婉语及其修辞应用[Abstract]Euphemismisderivedfromtaboo,ethinginappropriatetotalkaboutdirectlyinmunication.Itisaculturalphenomenonasunicationinordertomakethemunicationeffective.Itplaysanimportantroleinourdailylife.Themostimportantsocialfunctionsofeuphemismareevasivefunction,politefunctionandco
2、smeticfunction.Politicaleuphemismisatypeofeuphemism,soithasthefeatureofeuphemism.Politicaleuphemismisusedationinamildakeanintroductionoftheorigin,socialfunctionsandtheapplicationofeuphemisms,andthendiscussrespectivelythepoliticaleuphemismsusedininternalandinternationalaspectandtherhetor
3、icalapplicationofpoliticaleuphemisms.[KeyodernLinguistics,itisdefinedas“amild,indirectorlessoffensiveoredirectightbeharsh,unpleasantlydirectoroffensive.”[1]1.2TheoriginofeuphemismTotracethebeginningofeuphemisms,itivesociety,peoplecouldn’texplainsuchthingsasdeath,ailmentsandsomesupernatu
4、ralphenomena.Theyalsohadconfusionbetesofthingsandthethingsthemselves:Thenameisviesays“Speakofthedevilandheappears.”Naturallytheetaboos.Forordinarypeople,thesafestentioningthesethingsthattheyhavetomentioninmanycircumstancesistouseanothername---euphemismstoreplacethetruenameofsuchathing.I
5、nmanycultures，thenamesofgodsanddevilsaretaboos.Inordertoavoidmentioningthemdirectly,peopleuse“goshorgolly”insteadofGodand“dickenoroldNick”insteadofthedevil.Therefore，ulatesthecreationofeuphemisms”.Inourmodernsociety,hoismismostlymotivatedbypeople’sfearofdeath.Thusitisnoberofeuphemismsab
6、out“death”exist:depart,decease，passaismoriginatesfromtaboo.Becauseofthepsychologyoffear，peopledarenotorethingbynamedirectly.Ifsuchunpleasantthingshavetobementioned，peoplestoreplacethem.ThuseuphemismseintobEIng.Usingeuphemismsgivespeopleafeelingthattheyaresomeismsseemstobeaguaranteeofthe
7、irsafety，happiness，healthandgoodluck.1.3ThesocialfunctionsofeuphemismFromtheoriginofeuphemism,ismistobeusedintalkingabouttaboos.Inourdailylife,therearesometabooedthingsthatarebelievedtobedangeroustocertainindividuals,ortothesocietyasainationprocess,etc.Peoplecanuseeuphemismstot
