浅谈英汉委婉语的交际功能及比较

Communicative Function and Comparison between English and Chinese Euphemism

委婉语是人类使用语言过程中的一种普遍现象。它不仅是一种社会语言现象,更是一种文化现象。本文从语言学的角度,试图通过具体的例子来探究在特定的语言环境下英汉委婉语的交际功能以及社会习俗和观念对其表达的影响。

Euphemism is a common phenomenon when people use language,which is not only a social language phenomenon,but also a cultural phenomenon.Through linguistic facet,this paper tries to research into communicative function of English and Chinese euphemism in certain language condition by special examples.