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A Cultural Perspective Of Euphemism in English and Chinese

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As based on the same psychology-taboos,gracefulness,compensation,politeness,and so forth,euphemism is a common linguistic phenomenon in both English and Chinese languages.The present paper first gives an analysis of the history of the euphemism and its psychological foundation on which it is produced.Then the article argues its essential features and structures in terms of semantics and phonetics.Finally its practical application in social life is presented in the paper.

Euphemismpsychological basiscross-cultural communicationsocial culture

陈婧

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桂林旅游学院,广西桂林541006

2017

科技展望
宁夏科技信息研究所

科技展望

ISSN:1672-8289
年,卷(期):2017.27(30)
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