从“死亡”委婉语看文化的渗透_英语论文.doc

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Abstract:The English word “euphemism” means an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to something embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is. As a special language phenomenon, euphemism has its specific historical background and infiltration from certain cultural factors. This paper will specifically talk about euphemism for death in English which is relatively close to our daily life and discuss the western cultural infiltration on it from the aspects of religion, class differences, values and folk customs.

Euphemism is an important tool to coordinate human relationships in the use of language. Knowing about cultural infiltration on euphemism for death can help us better understand the western culture, thus promoting cultural exchange and improving communication effectiveness between Chinese and western people.

 

Keywords:  euphemism  death  cultural infiltration  communication

 

Contents

Abstract

摘要

Chapter One Introduction-1

1.1 Background Information-1

1.2 Language and Culture-1

1.3 The Framework of the Paper-1

Chapter Two Literature Review-3

2.1 Definition of Euphemism-3

2.2 The Origin of Euphemism-3

2.3 Previous Study of Euphemism-3

Chapter Three Different Expressions of Euphemism for Death-5

3.1 From Occupations-5

3.1.1 Medical Institution-5

3.1.2 Telecommunications and Financial Industry-6

3.1.3 Sports and Games-6

3.2 From the Bible-6

3.3 From Ways of Death-7

3.3.1 Killing-7

3.3.2 Capital Punishments-7

3.3.3 Suicide-7

3.4 From Figures of Speech-8

3.4.1 Metaphor-8

3.4.2 Irony-8

3.4.3 Ellipsis and Understatement-8

3.4.4 Metonymy-9

Chapter Four Cultural Infiltration on the Euphemism for Death-10

4.1 Religious Beliefs-10

4.2 Class Differences-10

4.3 Values-11

4.4 Folk Customs-11

Chapter Five Conclusion-13

References-14