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On the municative Functions of English
Euphemism
by
Zang Yanping
Under the Supervision of
Ms. Mao Yanwen
Submitted in partial fulfillment
Of the requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts
School of Foreign Languages
Changzhou Institute of Technology
May 2010
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Abstract & Key words in English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ii
Abstract & Key words in Chinese. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .iii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1
1. The definitions of English euphemism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. The origins of English euphemism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The religious origin of English euphemism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
The racial and national origins of English euphemism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Historical and political origins of English euphemism . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 4
3. Principles in the application of euphemism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
The Politeness Principle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.4
The Defensive Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4
The Face Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
4. The municative functions of English euphemism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
5
The evasive function of English euphemism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5
of English euphemism for disease. . . . . .