【正文】 tain and America together with any other countries. As long as we carefully study the wider usage of English euphemisms and understand social functions of euphemisms, we can prehend and use them better. Hence, studying and prehending it can help learners training of crosscultural municative sense. In addition, it can also enlighten and guide us for English teaching and learning. English euphemism is a mon phenomenon in human verbal munication. It is a much more polite statement when people talk about those things which make them unhappy or embarrassed. It is well known that euphemism is both a language phenomenon and a culture phenomenon. In the verbal munication, since you are afraid of hurting others39。 feelings or you are not allowed to say something manifest, you intentionally avoid speaking directly. Sometimes you need to talk obscurely in order to reach implicit effect. So it is the oute of social psychology factors along with pragmatic elements. From it ing into being, it has a close relation with social culture areas. To some extent, it mirrors generality and particularity of social development, social values, ethics as well as cultural nationality and intermunity. As a result, euphemism is the language reflection of social culture psychology. As for this topic, there are some scholars studying it as follows: Dengyanchang and Liurunqing have referred to the English euphemisms39。 pragmatic functions in Language and CultureEnglish Chinese Language Culture Comparison. With the development of society and human civilization, it plays a very important role in the verbal munication. Moreover, Rawson, Hugh has also talked about the English euphemisms39。 social functions in A Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doublespeak and explained that it contributes to adjusting interpersonal relationship. This topic mainly discusses the definition, classification, origin and development, application as well as the social functions of English euphemisms. 畢業(yè)論文 2 This thesis aims to help us understand language culture and improve our social municative abilities. 畢業(yè)論文 3 2. Definition, Origin and Development of English Euphemisms Definition of English Euphemisms English euphemism originated from euphemisms of Greek. Its prefix eu means well, good and its stem pheme means speech so that euphemism is the word of good omen. Though different dictionaries emphasize different aspects, they still express the same meanings. In other words, they translate the taboo, sensitive, vulgar language into the more implicit, pleasant way to get more elegant, gentle language effect. Origin and Development of English Euphemisms English euphemism is the reflection of social psychology in language。 it is also the oute of certain social cultural environment. So its origin and development are bound up with the change of times. Originally, it had something to do with religion. As a result of both Britain and America believing in Christianity, in the long history, religion has influenced human cultural all aspects. Especially in the long middle century, religion39。s power and influence covered everywhere in order that Christianity’s tes became the mental norm of the society. Hence, as to the most frightening natural phenomenon, such as “dead”, people would relieve from the religion. In the meanwhile, because of the effect of religion ideas, those which replaced natural phenomenon39。s language were considered more mental meanings that caused the English euphemisms of “dead” originated from the Bible or others about Christianity39。s legends where it incarnated the Christianity39。s view of life and the religion explanations of dead. For example, to return to the dust。 to pay the debt of nature。 to be called to God and so on. Besides, Christianity affected English euphemisms a lot, even the other sides of life. For instance, to get sb 39。s goat， to get on the right side of sb, the serpent39。s tongue, fig leaf, etc. Those all originated from Bible. With the development of society, people in more and more areas are going to make use of English euphemisms. In modern life, except traditional taboos using them, so do the sensitive fields. Such as money, position, politics, military affairs and so on. In every history periods of Britain and America and any other countries, to cover up the reality, politics munity conceals the tense laborer relation by largely adopting English euphemisms. Such as, phase itself out, industrial dispute, etc. 畢業(yè)論文 4 The origin and development of English euphemisms are also very closely connected with the women39。s status in society. Respecting the women is the symbol of a society39。s civilized degree. With the improvement of society and women39。s status, it is being a mon way that we attach much more importance to women39。s feelings. And we adopt implicit way to express because we could not speak directly before female。 moreover, the population of female occupies nearly half of the whole population. So it is a necessary choice that we use English euphemisms in women39。s occasions. 畢業(yè)論文 5 3. The Classification and Application of English Euphemisms Classification of English Euphemisms English euphemisms can be divided into two parts: traditional euphemisms and style euphemisms. Generally speaking, the former is closely related to the tab