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填表日期：开题报告英语专业09英语2班20090710820231年日
一、选题的依据及意义：
The topic is based on the comparison of pragmatic function between English and Chinese Euphemism.Euphemism is a universal phenomenon, the use of language in a more polite way people used to talk about unpleasant or embarraing things.It is not only a socio-linguistic phenomenon, it is a cultural phenomenon.Along with social progre and development of human civilization, the euphemism is always accompanied by verbal communication proce of the society as a whole, demonstrating strong verbal communication functions.As an important rhetoric means to harmonize interpersonal relationships, euphemisms are widely used in both Chinese and English verbal communication.However, in different context, euphemisms perform different pragmatic functions.Based on different pragmatic functions of euphemisms, this article aims to discu the similarities and differences of Chinese and English euphemisms.二、国内外研究现状及发展趋势（含文献综述）：
The research on the comparison of pragmatic function between English and Chinese Euphemism has been greatly witneed in recent years.Back to the early 1980s of the 16th century, the British writer George Blunt\'s first created the word “Euphemism”and defined it as“a good or favorable interpretation of a bad word ”.Since then, the American linguist ,Menken, was together with historical and cultural background of American society to discu the hundreds of English euphemism and the reasons for the popularity.British linguist Hugh Rawson, compilation and publication A Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk (1981) traces the history of euphemism, euphemism characteristics, definitions, claification, scope, and many other iues discued extensively.The British linguist Leach, in a book of \"the principle of pragmatics (Leech \', 1983) politene principle as a euphemism to use the principle of decency, tolerance, praise, humility, agreed to sympathize with the six criteria.
From 1970s to 1980s, foreign social linguistic theory was introduced into China.The euphemism’s special social function interested the scholars which were engaged in social linguistics research.Chen Yuan in sociolinguistics (Chen Yuan, 1983), a book the provision of a special chapter to explore the euphemism, was the most detailed discuion of the
phenomenon of the euphemism works.Chen not only did the original discuion of the profound historical and socio-psychological background of the euphemism, revealed the social eence of the phenomenon of euphemism, but alsoanalyze from a large number of euphemisms phenomenon, analyzing Euphemism features and using characteristics, the euphemism has important referenced value.The next thirteen years, some scholars of the foreign language community inspired by the foreign euphemism had been published several papers.From the perspective of fuzzy theory, Wu Tieping (1989) reveals an important feature of Euphemism - ambiguity, provides an example for the use of modern linguistic theories to explain the phenomenon of euphemism.Since \"the euphemism new probe (beam set-fang, 1999) further use of pragmatic theory, a more comprehensive discuion of some theoretical iues involved in euphemism.
After entering the 21st century, domestic scholars have been researching a broader scope of the study of English euphemism.Many scholars have analyzed the social function of English euphemisms, characteristics, constitute a way.Wang Xiaoping, Hu Hailan (2000) from the pragmatics point of view to discu the causes and the use of English euphemism, and to explore the relationship between the indirect language of euphemism and Politene Principle.Wei Yue-hong (2006), cognitive, social, and cultural factors combining study language with school, trying to pragmatics Looking at the angle of euphemism.Fang Pingto be analyzed from the perspective of language and cultural factors euphemism, indicating that the euphemism of both positive and negative aspects of social function, and that these features of language and cultural factors.Tan Yuan , application skin\'s semiotic theory of the emergence and development of English euphemism.The perspective from the skin\'s symbol Analysis of English Euphemism is a euphemism from a new perspective for understanding, but also on the skin\'s semiotic theory of practice.
In summary, domestic and foreign scholars in recent years have done many researches on euphemism , many scholars have analyzed the social function of euphemism, characteristics and composition, linguistics, semantics and rhetoric of euphemism research, and have achieved important results.三、本课题研究内容：
1.Introduce euphemism
2.Show the euphemism using in Chinese and English
3.Analyze the comparative analysis of pragmatic function between English and Chinese euphemism
四、本课题研究方案：
1.Show the similarities and differences between English and Chinese euphemism
2.Make us clear know more about euphemism in Chinese and English is good for our daily life
五、研究目标、主要特色及工作进度：
Goal of Research: the purpose of this paper is to understand euphemism more deeply and use
euphemism more properly
Main features: descriptive and analytical
Timeline:
1．下达任务书，收集资料11/05/2011
2．完成开题报告11/15/2011
3．完成论文大纲12/15/2011
4．完成初稿01/15/2012
5．完成定稿05/30/2012
6．完成答辩，上交论文06/05/201
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七、论文提纲：
Comparison of Pragmatic Function Between English and Chinese
Euphemism
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Context
1.2 Significance of the Study
1.3 Shape of the Paper
Chapter 2 A Sketch of Euphemism
2.1 The Definition of Euphemism
2.2 Categories of Euphemism
2.2.1 Traditional Euphemisms
2.2.2 Stylistic Euphemisms
Chapter 3 The Constitute Principles of English and Chinese Euphemism
3.1 Distance Principles and Relevance Principles
3.2 Politene Principles and Self Protection Principles
Chapter 4 The Constitute Way of English and Chinese Euphemism
4.1 Pronunciation
4.2 Vocabulary
4.3 Grammar
Chapter 5 The Pragmatic Function Between English and Chinese Euphemism
5.1 Taboo-avoiding Function and Vulgarization-avoiding Function
5.2 Fault-covering-up Function and Commendation Function
5.3 Politene-promotion Function
5.4 Sarcastic Function
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