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语域理论视角下解析英语委婉语 Introduction TheuseofeuphemismsinEnglishisacommonandimportantaspectofcommunication.Euphemismsrefertowordsorphrasesthatareusedtocommunicateanunpleasant,embarrassing,orsociallyinappropriatetopicinasofter,lessoffensiveway.Thepurposeofeuphemismsistoavoidcausingoffense,andtheyserveasawaytomaintainpolitenessandrespectincommunication.Theuseofeuphemismshasbeenstudiedfromdifferentperspectives,andinthispaper,wewillanalyzetheuseofeuphemismsinEnglishfromtheperspectiveoflanguagedomaintheory. LanguageDomainTheory Languagedomaintheoryisalinguistictheorythatproposesthatlanguageisorganizedintodifferentdomains.Adomainreferstoaspecificareaofhumanexperienceorknowledge,andeachdomainhasitsownsetofwords,expressions,andcommunicationrules.Thetheorysuggeststhatthelanguageweuseineachdomainisinfluencedbythesocialcontextandculturalnormsthatgovernthatdomain.Euphemisms,therefore,playanimportantroleinmaintainingandnavigatingthesocialnormsofaparticulardomain. EuphemismsinEnglish EuphemismsareusedinEnglishinmanydifferentdomainsincludinghealth,death,sex,andreligion.Inthehealthdomain,forexample,weoftenuseeuphemismstodescribeanillnessormedicalcondition.Forinstance,wemaysaythatsomeoneis“undertheweather”ratherthanusingtheword“sick”.Othereuphemismsinhealthcareinclude“passedaway”insteadof“died”and“differentlyabled”insteadof“disabled”. Inthedeathdomain,weuseeuphemismstoexpresscondolencesandshowsympathy.Forexample,wemaysay“mythoughtsarewithyou”or“restinpeace”insteadof“I'msorryforyourloss”.Theuseofeuphemismsinthedeathdomainisanattempttoshowrespectandsensitivitytothegrievingfamily. Inthesexdomain,euphemismsareoftenusedtotalkaboutsexualactivitiesandbodypartsmorediscreetly.Forexample,wemayusetheword“intimate”insteadof“sex”and“privateparts”insteadofusingspecificanatomicalterms.Euphemismsinthesexdomainhelptomaintainsocialnormsandavoidoffendingothers. Inthereligiondomain,weuseeuphemismstoshowrespectforreligiousbeliefsandpractices.Forexample,wemaysay“restinginpeace”insteadof“dead”or“eternallife”instea