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AStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemism系别外语系专业英语学生姓名学号指导教师：指导教师职称:2013年5月25日PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT12AStudyonCulturalConnotationofEnglishEuphemismAbstract：Euphemismisacommonphenomenoninlanguage,whichisakindofspeciallanguageformcreatedbypeopleinsocialactivitiestoseektheidealcommunicationeffect.Inmanycommunicativesituations,itcandisguiseunsatisfying,disgusting,embarrassingandeventerrifyingfactsandphenomena.Atthesametime,itcanmaintainthespeaker’simageandthelistener’sself-esteem,sothatitcouldsavethetwoparties’facesandmakesurethatcommunicationgoonverywell.Therefore,euphemismhasbecomeanessentiallanguagetooltocoordinateinterpersonalrelationship,whichiscalled“thedrivingforceinthecommunication”.Asalanguagefiguresofspeech,euphemismisalanguagephenomenonaswellasasocialphenomenonandculturalphenomenon.Hence,duetothedifferentculturalbackgroundofeverynation,theusageofeuphemism’isdifferent.ThereareallkindsofeuphemisminEnglish,asalanguagephenomenonithasitsownuniqueorigin,feature,constructivemethod,socialfunctionandsoon,italsofollowacertainlawofdevelopment.EuphemismisanindispensablepartinEnglishcultureaswellasimportanttopicincross-culturalcommunication.Inthisview,beingfamiliarwithandmasteringEnglisheuphemismnotonlyhelpusknowwellthesocialpsychologyandculturalconnotationinBritainandAmericans,butalsosmoothinterpersonalrelationshipandprovokecommunicativeactivitiestoachievetheidealeffect.Thisthesisismadeupoffourparts.Thefirstchaptergivesabriefintroductionaboutthedefinition,originofEnglisheuphemismanddifferentscholars’reviewsaboutEnglisheuphemismfromoverseaanddomestic.Inthesecondchapter,anelaborateanalysisoftheformation,developmentandclassificationofEnglisheuphemism.ChapterthreeintroducestherelationshipsbetweenEnglisheuphemismandculturalconnotation,andhasadetailanalysistofunctionsofEnglisheuphemism.Finally,aconclusionisgiventosummarizetheculturalconnotationofEnglisheuphemism.Keywords:Englisheuphemism;socialfunctions;culturalconnotationAStudyonCulturalConnotatio
