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1、外国语学院毕 业 论 文论文题目：英语委婉语在社会文化心理中的映射学生姓名：余 鹏 学 号：042723031专 业：英 语 方 向：英语语言文学指导教师：潘 登2008 年 5 月 18 日English Euphemisms in Social Cultural PsychologyA ThesisSubmitted in Partial Fulfillment of the RequirementsFor the B. A. Degree in English Language and LiteratureBy Yu PengUndergraduate ProgramSchool of
2、Foreign LanguagesXianning UniversitySupervisor: 潘 登Signature _ApprovedMay 2008原创性声明本人郑重声明：所呈交的学位论文，是本人在导师的指导下，独立进行研究工作所取得的成果。除文中已经注明引用的内容外，本论文不含任何其他个人或集体已经发表或撰写过的作品成果。对本文的研究做出重要贡献的个人和集体，均已在文中以明确方式标明。本人完全意识到本声明的法律结果由本人承担。学位论文作者签名：2008年 5 月 4 日学位论文版权使用授权书本学位论文作者完全了解学校有关保障、使用学位论文的规定，同意学校保留并向有关学位论文管理部门或
3、机构送交论文的复印件和电子版，允许论文被查阅和借阅。本人授权省级优秀学士学位论文评选机构将本学位论文的全部或部分内容编入有关数据库进行检索，可以采用影印、缩印或扫描等复制手段保存和汇编本学位论文。本学位论文属于1、保密，在_年解密后适用本授权书。2、不保密。（请在以上相应方框内打“” ）作者签名： 年 月 日导师签 名： 年 月 日CONTENTS1. Introduction12. The Reflections of English Euphemisms from Social Cultural Psychology33. Psychological Factors of Euphemis
4、ms43.1 Evasion psychology43.1.1 Taboo43.1.2 Comfortable words53.2 Politeness psychology53.3 Cosmetic psychology64. The Different Social Values of Euphemisms75. Conclusion8Bibliography10Acknowledgements 11咸宁学院本科毕业论文：英语委婉语在社会文化心理中的映射- 1 -The Reflections of English Euphemisms in Social Cultural Psychol
5、ogy学 生： 余 鹏指导教师：潘 登单 位： 外国语学院摘要：委婉语从它诞生的那一天就带上了鲜明的社会心理标记,担负着润滑交际的重任。其产生主要归因于不同的社会心理,如忌讳礼貌以及政治需要的伪装或掩饰。委婉语可以说是社会文化心理的一面镜子,折射出形形色色的社会心理状态,本文从社会文化心理里的角度来简要阐述随着社会的发展,英语委婉语所映射的交际功能及其各种社会价值观念。关键词：委婉语;禁忌语;社会文化心理;社会价值Abstract：Euphemism, which brings a sharp social and psychological marker since its birth，ch
6、arges with the heavy responsibility of Lubrication Communication. Its application is attributed mainly to different social psychology, such as taboo, politeness or political purpose out of disguise. Euphemism is like a mirror reflecting social psychology of various kinds relevant to social issues in
7、 different respects. With the development of society, this thesis analyzes the application of euphemisms and the reflections of communication function in English from the angle of social cultural psychology, as well as the variable views of value concepts.Key Words: euphemism; taboo; social cultural
8、 psychology; social values1. Introduction Language is a mirror of social life and human development. In the vocabulary of any language, one finds a focused reflection of the national culture concerned. Euphemism, which is a kind of linguistic variation as well as a social cultural phenomenon, is the
9、 product of the interaction between linguistic variables and social variables. Euphemism, derived from Greek, with “eu” as a prefix meaning “well” or “sounding well” and “phemism” meaning “speech”, thus the word originally bears the meaning of “to speak with good words or in a pleasant manner”. Hist
10、orically, euphemism originated in the accounts of taboo by many adventurers and anthropologists. In early 1580s, the British writer George Blunt first used the words “euphemism” and gave it a definition as “a good or favorable interpretation of a bad word.” Mencken, the American linguist, wrote a bo
11、ok The American Language in 1936, which devoted a part to the analysis of hundreds English euphemism on the basis of American has society and historical cultural background. In 1981, Hugh Rawson, a British linguist, 咸宁学院本科毕业论文：英语委婉语在社会文化心理中的映射- 2 -compiled a dictionary named A Dictionary of Euphemis
12、m and Other Double-talk, whose preface is very valuable because of its extensive discussion of the definition, classification, features and domains of euphemism. The year 1983 saw the publication of another classic on euphemism: Kind Words-A Thesaurus of Euphemisms, compiled by American scholars Nea
13、man and Silver, which supplied detailed interpretation of the euphemized items, and at the same time describe the original, development of euphemism. In 1985, D. J. Enright published a book Fair of Speech, the Use of Euphemism, which is a collection of many pieces of essays concerning this topic, each only discussing the use of euphemis
