英语委婉语及其语用学原则摘要委婉语是英语的一个重要组成部分。它是一种有策略的一种间接表达方式，人们用委婉语来指某些令人尴尬或不愉快的事物，以至于人们更容易接受，例如人们用委婉表达法“过世”来代替“死亡”这样听起来更加得体。英语委婉语在英语国家被广泛使用，它是如此的重要有用以至人们从不同方面对其进行了大量的研究，虽然众多研究者已提出许多语用学原则，但我们都知道几乎其他所有的原则都来源于这两个基本原则：即合作原则和礼貌原则。这两个原则是使用英语委婉语的主要原则，如果我们使用英语委婉语时遵守这两个原则，那么我们的日常交际将变得通畅无阻达到完美效果。但是，随着社会和科学的高速发展，委婉语极易改变，主要受文化因素的影响。因此，对我们来说学习了解使用委婉语的本质即语用学原则是很重要的。本文将专门研究学习英语委婉语及其语用学原则并希望能帮助人们成功完美地进行日常交际。关键词：英语委婉语；合作原则；礼貌原则EnglishEuphemismandItsPragmaticPrinciplesAbstractEuphemismisanimportantpartofEnglishlanguage.Itisakindofstrategicindirectexpression.Peopleuseeuphemismtorefertosomethingembarrassingorunpleasant,inordertomakewhattheysaidmoreacceptablethanitreallyis.Forexample,peopleusetheeuphemisticexpression“passaway”torefertodeath,insteadofusingtheword“die”,whichsoundsmoreappropriate.EnglisheuphemismisusedwidelyinEnglish-speakingcountries.It’ssousefulandimportantthatmanypeoplehaddonealotofresearchesaboutitfromdifferentaspects.Althoughmanyresearchershaveputforwardalotof“pragmaticprinciples”,asweallknow,almostalltheotherprinciplesareoriginatedfromthetwobasicprinciples:theCo-operativePrinciple(CP)andthePolitenessPrinciple(PP).Thesetwoprinciplesarethemainguidanceofusingeuphemisms.IfweobeythetwoprinciplesinusingEnglisheuphemism,wewillgetamoresuccessfulandharmoniouscommunicationinourdailylife.However,withtherapiddevelopmentofsocietyandscience,euphemismschangeveryeasilyandtheirmeaningsaremainlyaffectedbydifferentculturalfactors.So,it’simportantforustostudytheessenceofeuphemismapplication,that’sthepragmaticprinciples.ThisthesiswillresearchandstudytheEnglisheuphemismandthetwoprinciplesspecifically,withthehopethatitwillhelppeoplecommunicatesuccessfullyintheirdailylife.Keywords:EnglishEuphemism;CooperativePrinciple;PolitenessPrincipleContentsAcknowledgements.........................................................................................................................4AbstractinChinese.........................................................................................................................5AbstractinEnglish.........................................................................................................................6Chapter1Introduction...................................................................................................................81.1TheDefinitionofEuphemism.............................................................................................81.2TheOriginofEnglishEuphemism......................................................................................91.3TheFunctionofEuphemism.............................................................................................101.3.1TheEvasiveFunctionofEnglishEuphemism........................................................111.3.2ThePoliteFunctionofEnglishEuphemism,..........................................................111.3.3TheCosmeticFunctionofEnglishEuphemism..................................
