Contents
1 A Survey of Euphemism 1
1.1 English Euphemism 1
1.2 Chinese Euphemism 2
1.3 Contradiction between Wide Application and Narrow Research 3
2 Taboo, Euphemism and Culture 4
2.1 Taboo and Euphemism 4
2.2 Euphemism and Culture 4
2.3 Euphemism as a Cultural Linguistic Phenomenon 5
3 A Contrastive Analysis of English and Chinese Euphemism 6
3.1 Commonplace of English and Chinese Euphemism 6
3.1.1 Commonplace of Euphemistic Formation 6
3.1.2 Commonplace of Euphemistic Topics 9
3.1.3 Commonplace of Euphemistic Motivation 12
3.2 Distinctions of English and Chinese Euphemism 14
3.2.1 Difference in Euphemistic Topics 14
3.2.2 Different Motivation 17
4 English and Chinese Euphemism Reflecting Different Cultural Connotations 18
4.1 The Influence of Confucianism Reflected by Chinese Euphemisms 19
4.2 The Influence of the Christianity Reflected by English Euphemisms 20
Conclusion 21
Bibliography 21
