Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities

Pragmatics Function of Euphemism in Communication

Authors
Xianhua Meng
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Xianhua Meng
Available Online September 2015.
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-16.2016.107How to use a DOI?
Keywords
euphemism; pragmatics function; culture features; English teaching
Abstract

Euphemism is a kind of effective language form used in communication, which aimed to produce reasonable communicative effect. In this paper, the culture features of euphemism are explored. The author also used a lot of effective examples to explain the pragmatic functions of euphemism in communication. In addition, this paper also provides a discussion on how to deal with euphemisms in English teaching, which can harmonious the relationship between teachers and students as well as improve the teaching effects.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
September 2015
ISBN
10.2991/iccessh-16.2016.107
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/iccessh-16.2016.107How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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