中英死亡委婉語對比分析
英語專業(yè)優(yōu)秀畢業(yè)論文

字數(shù)：35403

Death Euphemisms Between Chinese and English: A Contrastive Analysis

Contents

Abstract………………………………………………………………………………I
Key Words……………………………………………………………………………I
摘　要…………………………………………………………………………………II
關鍵詞…………………………………………………………………………………II
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………1
Ⅰ. Euphemism and Death Euphemism………………………………………………2
A. Previous Studies of Euphemism………………………………………………2
B. Definition of Euphemism………………………………………………………2
Ⅱ. Theoretical Backgrounds and Bases……………………………………………3
A. Context of Culture ……………………………………………………………3
B. Florence Kluckhohn’s Five Orientations………………………………………4
Ⅲ. Classification of Death Euphemism in Chinese and English……………………5
A. Death Euphemism in Chinese…………………………………………………5
1. Death of Religious People……………………………………………………5
2. Death of Monarch and Common …………………………………………6
3. Death of Others………………………………………………………………6
B. Death Euphemism in English…………………………………………………7
1. Death of Religious People……………………………………………………7
2. Death of Hospital and Maritime……………………………………………8
3. Death of Others………………………………………………………………9
Ⅳ. Contrastive Analysis of Death Euphemism in Chinese and English……………10
A. Differences of religion………………………………………………………10
B. Differences of Social Custom…………………………………………………11
C. Differences of Cultural Pattern………………………………………………13
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………15
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………16
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………17

Abstract

Euphemism is a typical and common cultural phenomenon in both Chinese and English communities, which has a long standing history. Death euphemism, which plays a vital role in linguistics, is an important component of euphemism. The thesis tends to make a contrastive analysis of death euphemism between Chinese and English under the two absolutely different culture characteristics and to explore the deep culture connotations under this language phenomenon.
This thesis is composed of five parts:
Part one, the introduction, presents a brief view of euphemism and death euphemism. Many previous researches of euphemism are stated and ...

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