试析英语委婉语的语用感悟（毕业论文） .doc

密级：NANCHANGUNIVERSITY学士学位论文THESISOFBACHELOR（20082012年）题目:试析英语委婉语的语用感悟英文题目:PragmaticInsightsintoEnglishEuphemism系别:英汉语言文学系专业:英语班级:学号:姓名:指导老师:起讫日期:二零一二年五月学士学位论文原创性声明本人郑重声明:所呈交的论文是本人在导师的指导下独立进行研究所取得的研究成果.除了文中特别加以标注引用的内容外，本论文不包含任何其他个人或集体已经发表或撰写的成果作品.对本文的研究做出重要贡献的个人和集体，均已在文中以明确方式标明.本人完全意识到本声明的法律后果又本人承担.本人签名:日期:ABSTRACTEuphemismsareusedinverbalcommunications，andtheyareanimportantandindispensablepartincommunication.Itislikelubricantthatnotonlypolishestherelationshipbetweenpeople,butalsominimizeslistenerspressureandexcitementduetoverbalstraightforwardexpression,sosomeunpleasantthingsbecomeeasilyacceptedbyothers,thenthecommunicationpartieswouldachievecommunicativepurposesinharmoniousandfriendlyatmosphere.Pragmaticsisabranchoflinguisticsinthesenseoflanguage,inmanydifferentdefinitionofpragmatics,therearetwoconceptsareverybasic.Andoneismeaning,theotheriscontext.Contextputsemphasisonlanguageunderstanding,knowledgeusingandsearchingforspecialinformationfromparticulardiscoursethathappensinaparticularscenario.Euphemismisakindofimportantrhetoricaldeviceinlanguage,itsgenerationhasacloserelationshipwithPragmatics.Intheusingofeuphemisms,speakersachievetheeffectthathewantstoattainthroughgoingagainstthecooperationprinciplesofpragmaticsorfollowingthepolitenessprincipleofpragmatics.Thisthesistriestohelpreaderstogetadeeperunderstandingabouteuphemism,pragmaticsandtheirrelationshipthroughtheintroductionofsomebasicknowledgeofthem.KeyWords:Euphemism；Pragmatics；CooperationPrinciples；PolitenessPrinciple南昌大学毕业设计（论文）ContentsIntroduction.Chapter1TheOriginandDefinitionofEuphemism.1.1TheOriginofEuphemism.1.2TheDefinitionofEuphemism.Chapter2FunctionsofEuphemism.2.1SocialFunction.2.2MentalRemediationFunction2.3CoverFunction.2.4CommunicativeFunction2.5AestheticFunction2.6CourtesyFunctionChapter3PragmaticPrinciplesAnalysisofEuphemism3.1OriginandDefinitionofPragmatics.3.2RelationshipbetweenConversationCooperativePrincipleandEuphemism3.2.1DeparturefromtheQuantityGuideline3.2.2DeparturefromtheQualityGuideline3.2.3DeparturefromtheMethodGuideline3.2.4DeparturefromtheRelevanceGuideline3.3RelationshipbetweenConversationPolitenessPrincipleandEuphemism3.3.1ReflectionofTactMaximonEuphemism3.3.2ReflectionofGenerosityMaximonEuphemism南昌大学共青学院毕业设计（论文）3.3.3ReflectionofApprobationMaximonEuphemism3.3.4ReflectionofModestyMaximonEuphemism3.3.5ReflectionofAgreementMaximonEuphemism3.3.6ReflectionofSympathyMaximonEuphemism3.4EuphemismandFaceProtectionPrinciple3.5EuphemismandSelfProtectionPrinciple3.6ViewonExpressionMethodsofEuphemismfromthePerspectiveofPragmaticsConclusion.References.Acknowledgements.南昌大学共青学院毕业设计（论文）IntroductionThispaperisintendedtoexploretheorigin,definition,functionofeuphemisms,andsomeprinciplearerelatedtopragmatics.Euphemismisiconicvariantofconventionallanguagevariant,peopleuseitforgoodomen.Ithassocialfunction,mentalremediationfunction,coverfunction,communicativefunctionandaestheticfunction.Pragmaticshasseveralprinciples,suchascooperationprinciples,politenessprinciplesandFaceview.Gricescooperativeprincipleistomakethecommunicationsessionsmooth,itisakindofconductofpragmaticstrategies,tomakesmoothcommunication,speakersandwritersshouldfollowsomeguidelinessuchasquantityguideline,qualityguideline,andrelevanceguidelineandsoon.However,manyeuphemismsachievegood,effectiveeffectthroughgoingagainsttheseguidelines.Leechthoughtthatamorereasonableexplanationofwhyeuphemismiscontrarytothecooperationprinciplesistoconsiderpoliteness.Thus,basedonthecooperationprinciples,heproposedthepolitenessprinciples.Anditincludesoftactmaxim,generositymaxim,approbationmaxim,modestymaxim,agreementmaxim,sympathymaxim.Manyeuphemismscoincideswiththepolitenessprinciple,andfollowoneorseveralmaximofpolitenessprinciple.Sowecanconcludethateuphemismsachievetheeffectthroughgoingagainstthecooperationprinciplesofpragmaticsorfollowingthepolitenessprincipleofpragmatics.南昌大学共青学院毕业设计（论文）Chapter1TheOriginandDefinitionofEuphemism1.1TheOriginofEuphemismPeoplefromeverycountryalwaysavoiddirectreferencetosomethingorusetabooedwords,andusesomesubtlemelodywordstoreplacetaboowordstoavoidembarrassingawkwardsituations,butstillexpressthesamefeelings.EnglishEuphemismwordsgeneratedfromavoidingorconcealingtheuseofmanytabooedwords.Forexample,inEnglish,peopleuse"passaway","bewithGod","gotoabetterworld","gotoheaven","departfromtheworldforever"andotherwordstopolitelyexpresstheconceptof"death".Word"euphemism"comesfromtheGreek,theprefix"eu"means"good","Phemism"means"speech",togetherliteralmeaningis"wordofgoodomen"(toputitnicely,then,iflucky),thatis,temperature,ambiguousexpressionisinsteadofvulgarexplicit,bluntharshexpression.Euphemismcanbedividedintothetraditionaleuphemismandstylisticeuphemism.EuphemismisinvolvedinallaspectsofWesternsociallife,itreflectsacodeofconduct,socialcustoms,aestheticsandvaluesfromdifferentperspectives.1.2TheDefinitionofEuphemismFowler(HWFowler)inthe"DictionaryofModernEnglishUsage"defined"euphemism"as"Euphemismmeansusingmildorvagueorperiphrasticexpressionasasubstituteforbluntprecisionordisagreeabletruth.".Nearlyineverykindoflanguage,therearesomedisgustingwords,whichwouldmakepeoplefeelembarrassed.Intheprocess