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论文编号:091005020120
上海海事大学
SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY
硕士学位论文
MASTER DISSERTATION
论文题目: 英语委婉语的概念隐喻研究
学科专业: 英语语言文学(语言学)
作者姓名: 李鹏
指导教师: 郑立信教授
完成日期: 二〇〇九年六月

A Conceptual Metaphor Study of
English Euphemisms
By Li Peng
Under the Supervision of
Professor Zheng Lixin
A Thesis Submitted to the College of Foreign Languages of
Shanghai Maritime University
in Partial Fulfillment of
the Requirements for the MA Degree
Shanghai Maritime University
June, 2009
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements i
摘要 ii
ABSTRACT iv
Chapter One Introduction 1
Chapter Two A General Review of Studies on Euphemism 4
Understanding of Euphemism 4
Definitions of Euphemism 4
History of Euphemism 6
Features of Euphemism 8
Vagueness 8
Variability 9
Indirectness 9
Formation of Euphemism 10
Approach 10
Approach 11
Grammatical Approach 12
Classifications of Euphemism 13
Euphemistic Expressions in a Narrow Sense 14
Euphemistic Expressions in a Broad Sense 15
Previous Studies of Euphemism from Different Perspectives 16
and Fuzzy Linguistics 16
Semantics and Pragmatics 17
and Psycholinguistics 18
of the Previous Studies 19
Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of This Study: Conceptual Metaphor 20
General Description of Cognitive Linguistics 20
Cognitive Linguistics’ Divergence from Generative Linguistics in Metaphor 21
Three Approaches within Cognitive Linguistics 21
Experiential Realism: Philosophy of Cognitive Linguistics 22
A General Review of the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor 22
Traditional Approaches to Metaphor 23
Cognitive Approach to Metaphor: the Conceptual Metaphor 24
The Three Main Characteristics of Metaphor 25
Metaphor as a Mapping across Domains 26
The Experiential Basis of Metaphor 28
Cl