委婉语的分类研究
Study on the classification of euphemism
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摘要: 委婉语的分类方法多种多样。现有的分类主要是从语言本身着眼的 ,没有顾及到委婉语使用者的目的 ,从社会功能和语用心理的角度 ,可将委婉语分为利他、泛利、利己三类。利己委婉语是为了自己的面子 ,维护自身的利益 ,不是礼貌用语。该分类有助于解决有关委婉语“文雅”与“虚伪”的争论。Abstract: The classifications of euphemism are various.The existing classifications only focus on language iftself and have not paid attention to the purposes of the speaker.A new criterion of classification that bases on social function and pragmatic psychology is proposed.According to it,euphemism is classified into beneficial-to-addressee euphemism,beneficial-to-all euphemism and beneficial-to-addresser euphemism.A pragmatic analysis of the beneficial-to-addresser euphemism is given.As a result,the nature of euphe...