The Characteristics And Cultural Connotation Of English And Chinese Occupational Euphemism

Humanism is a kind of world outlook based on the idea of being "human oriented". In the modern society, with the rapid development of the economy, people's living standard is improving. The improvement of the material civilization and the promotion of the humanistic spirits are understood as sign of progress of the social civilization. As a result, the taboos which people carefully avoided have gradually come into casual talks without obvious reserve. In contrast, the stylistic euphemisms return to our life. This is accounted by the fact that people tend to show politeness, cooperation and harmony.Apart from researches on major concerns about euphemism, the research on the branches of euphemism is almost of vacancy. This thesis mainly focuses on the popular occupational euphemism. The privacy of the topics about profession and income decides that the great spread of the occupational euphemism. However, as a cultural phenomenon, the occupational euphemism reflects the different cultural background of the ideology in the east and in the west. The occupational euphemisms differ in different languages and cultural background. This thesis tries to make a complete and systematic research from the angles of construction modes, expressive means and cultural connotation.Occupational euphemism has a relation with many subjects. This thesis aims to discuss the application of the occupational euphemism in vagueness and pragmatics areas. It is sure to help people master the occupational euphemism and minimize the obstacle in language communication in order to benefit the daily communication.There is a great practical value to do research in occupational euphemism. Researches renew together with the social development and human concept. In the future, researches on this subject will surely bloom and therefore this paper is expected to make humble contribution in the field.