AcknowledgementsIamindebtedtoouruniversityforprovidingmewithsuchapreciousopportunityofwritingthisthesistoconcludemyfouryears’undergraduateeducation
Inthecourseofwriting,IhavegainedmoreknowledgeandenlightenmentthanIexpected
Iwouldliketoexpressmymostsincereappreciationtomyrespectedsupervisor,Mrs
GaoYanmei,anamiableandknowledgeableteacher,whopatientlyandpainstakinglyfulfilledthetaskofreading,critiquing,shapingandpolishingallthepreliminarydraftsofthisthesis
Inaddition,mythanksalsogotomyfamilyaswellastheclassmateswhohaveofferedmehelpandsuggestions
AbstractTaboosandeuphemismsarelanguagephenomenathatarisefromsocialneeds
Taboosarethewordsthatweshouldavoidusingbecauseoftraditionalhabitsorsocialcustoms
Toavoidtaboosorexpressindirectly,peoplechoosetousethewordswhicharemildandunobjectionable
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