英语委婉语的形成与交际功能

The Form and Feature of the English Euphenism

由于语言交际是人类赖以维系社会关系和人际关系的重要手段,因而人们在交际中通常避免使用引起双方不快从而损害双方关系的语言,而是采取迂回曲折的方法来表达思想,交流信息,它既是语言修辞的结晶,又是社会文化的积淀。委婉语体现了语境和社会文化对使用语言的制约和影响,也体现了不同民族对交际方式的要求。

The language language communication is the most important way that people depends on social relations and human relations,so people always try to avoid the language leading to unhappy and harm each other,but use euphemism way to express idea and erchange information.It is not only the cream of language rhetoric,but also the accumulation of social culture.Euphemism indicates that the language is restricted and effected by social culture,also shows the require of communicative way in different nationality.