英语委婉语在英语教学中的应用_英语论文

The Application of English Euphemism in English Language Teaching

摘要

英语委婉语是在英语中必不可少，它引起了很多语言学家和学者的关注。很多领域的研究也会涉及到这一课题，包括语言学、语用学、社会语言学以及心理学等。为了让读者有一个清晰的思路，本文首先就前人对委婉语的研究成果以及本文的结构进行了简单的介绍。随后，本文阐述了委婉语的一些基本知识，包括其起源、发展、定义及社会功能。

事实上，很多场合都会应用到委婉语，委婉语的应用与礼貌原则、面子理论以及合作原则等语用理论紧密联系。因此，本文将在第三章从语用学的角度探讨委婉语的应用。委婉语在英语教学中的应用是其应用领域之一，但其在英语教学中扮演了重要的角色，体现出较大的应用价值。这也是本文的中心论点：英语委婉语在教学中的英语教学中的应用。因此，本文探讨了将委婉语引入英语教学的可操作性性及手段。另外，本文证明了将委婉语应用于英语教学中的必要性。为此，本文首先分析了影响学生委婉语知识输入的一些因素。接着提出了一些切实可行的教学策略和方法来引导学生掌握这一语言现象。

总之，本文强调委婉语在日常交际中的地位特别是在英语教学中的重要性。语言存在最重要的的意义在于交际交流。由于委婉语的应用总是将“礼貌”及“面子”放在第一位，从而使得成功的交际成为可能。本文的目的在于揭示将委婉语引入到英语教学中既是可操作的，又是非常有必要的。

关键词:英语委婉语 应用 英语教学 

Abstract

Being an indispensable part of English language, English euphemisms have long been arousing wide interest from many linguists and scholars. Researches into this topic cover different perspectives, including linguistics,pragmatics, sociolinguistics and Psychology. In order to make the readers have a good understanding of the structure, this thesis firstly gives a brief introduction of the achievements which have been made before. Then it illustrates some knowledge of euphemisms, including their origin and development, their definitions and their social functions. 

Euphemisms can be applied in many aspects. The application of euphemisms is linked closely with pragmatic theories like Politeness Principle, Face Theory, and Cooperative Principle. Thus, in chapter three this thesis will discuss the application of euphemism from the perspective of pragmatics. The application of euphemisms in English language teaching is only one part of the application of euphemisms. However, English euphemism plays an important role in English language teaching,   the application of English euphemisms in English language teaching brings the thesis to its main concern. Thus, This thesis discusses the accessibility of introducing euphemisms to English language teaching, and it is proved necessary that euphemisms should be introduced to English Language teaching. Based on this, the thesis then analyze some factors influencing the input of euphemisms. In order to solve this, this thesis put forward some tentative strategies to help the students grasp this language phenomenon.

In conclusion, this thesis aims to emphasize the importance of euphemisms in our daily communication, especially in English language teaching. Language is used for communication. Euphemisms ensure us a smooth interaction with other people since this way of expression takes others' “face want”into consideration and puts “politeness”in the first place which make successful communication possible. All in all, the purpose of this thesis is to reveal that it is practical and meaningful to introduce knowledge of English euphemisms English Language Teaching.

Key Words: English euphemisms Application English language teaching