Euphemisms widely exist in various languages. What is euphemism? When people have to point out the taboo item or action which they are unwilling to say, people will use the beautiful words to replace them, using metaphors to imply them...

In the theory of conversational implicature, Grice raised Cooperative Principles, but in business activities, there are some phenomena, in which the speakers in a connversation deliberately violate CP. In the process, euphemism plays an impo...

This thesis is based on cultural background and theoretical basis of English euphemism. By induction and deduction method, this paper aims at occupational euphemism, a very important branch of English euphemism...

euphemism is less exact but milder or less blunt words or phrases in places of words required by truth or accuracy. Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary（2003） also defines it as substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one...

These studies have indeed described euphemisms in different aspects, but no special research for its dynamic feature. Fundamentally speaking, language develops constantly, thus, dynamic features of English euphemisms...

In business negotiations, we need to use euphemism to make the negotiations go well, and reach the purpose we need. But the use of euphemism also could be affected by culture and different negotiation restrictions. ...

The diplomatic euphemism plays a very important role in the diplomacy. But there are few domestic scholars study this linguistic phenomenon. According to the CNKI searching, there are about 11 essays about the diplomatic euphemism until 2011...

Euphemism is defined in Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (2003) as "Substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant." In the new edition of The Oxford Concise Dictionary (1976...

As a very part of language and a common linguistic phenomenon, euphemisms are so widely used in our daily life no matter in which era or which culture. From the moment they are coined, they play an important role in people’s everyday commu...

The word “euphemism” originates from the Greek language. It consists of the prefix “eu” and the root “pheme”. The western scholar George Blunt firstly used “euphemism” as a single word. In the 1580s, he defined euphemism...

With the development of society, people from different countries communicate more than before. In order to maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships, people pay more attention to the use of language skills. For making the expression mo...

In this way, a good circumstance would be created which is easier to bring about the desired result. The euphemism is widely used in business English and almost relate to all fields of business activities and all parts of the trade procedure...

委婉语的运用是一种言语变异现象，是对言语常规的颠覆。以往大多数学者更多地将目光投注于社会，文化的角度分析委婉语，本文拟在前人的研究基础上，旨在以语言的模糊性为理论...

In this paper, firstly, the author tries to trace back to the theories relevant to English euphemism and analyze its definition, classification, principles and formation. Secondly, the author focuses on the exploration of social functions of...

As a common phenomenon in the process of language using, euphemism exists in all the different cultures. There are many different euphemisms in both English and Chinese. They seem similar, but they develop from different origins based on var...

本稿は副詞「ちょっと」についての研究である。数多くの実例を通じて、「ちょっと」の婉曲的な表現の機能をまとめて説明した。また、「ちょっと」は応用会話にある位置によっ...

This paper is divided into five parts. The introduction part deal with the advantages of euphemism and a brief introduction of the purpose for writing this paper. The importance of doing the research is also emphasized in this part. The seco...