试析英语委婉语及其解读策略

On English Euphemism and Interpreting Strategy

从语义与语用学两方面给委婉语下定义,讨论英语委婉语的构造方式,分析委婉语与语境及会话合作原则的关系,从语用角度探讨委婉语的使用原则及其解读策略。

This article defines euphemism semantically and pragmatically, discussed the forming methods of English euphemism from perspective of semantics, phonetics and pragmatics, analyzes euphemism's relationship between context and cooperative principles, and puts forward the ways to use and interpret a euphemism in pragmatic terms.