委婉语在外贸函电中的运用 英语国际贸易专业毕业论文.doc

毕业论文 题 目 A Study of Euphemism in International Business Correspondence 委婉语在外贸函电中的运用 学生姓名 学 号 学 院 英语系 专 业 英语（国际贸易） 班 级 指导教师 二〇一二年六月 Acknowledgments For the accomplishment of this thesis, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my dear teacher Ma Wenmin, my supervisor, without her help and support this thesis would not have been impossible to be completed and presented in its present form. Her instructions and suggestions guided directedme in planning and implementing thisto keep on my study in a methodicalrewarding way. Her hard work in academic research inspired me and motivated me to put all my heart into the studypersist in my study d. Moreoversurvey. Besides, her strictness regard toin details promptedencouraged me to refinemyrevise this thesis relentlessly in terms of its language and formatand improve my command of English. My thanks also go to Professor Wang , who supported us from the very beginning to take up the present topic of study, though itse initial approval of my research subject matter encouraged me to go through my investigation on the spot, which called for tonspiles of work. In addition, he was kind enough to keep giving us a push to finish the thesis timely, which helped us to bring the thesis projectmy study to a desirable end. Besides, I want to give my thanks to my classmates and researching partners, for the efforts they emadetogether with me to collect all thevaluable translation samples needed for the study fromin the public places in the library. Finally, I wish to thank my parents, whose from the bottom of my heart. Theirenormous love and support have accompanied me throughout my four years’ study at NUAA Jin Cheng College. Without themircare, I could have gone nowhere. Table of Contents Abstract i 摘 要 ii Introduction - 1 - I. A General Review on Euphemism - 3 - A. The concept of euphemism - 3 - B. Foremen’s views on euphemism - 3 - C. The functions of euphemism - 4 - II. Euph