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To Compare Chinese and English Social Cultural Value from the Use of Euphemism

Yin Ding-fang

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Euphemism is a phenomenon of both language and society and culture. With the development of society,euphemism is also a process of weeding through the old and bring forth the new among which appears a striking features of the times. Meanwhile,the semantics of euphemism is changing from one direction to another. There are equivalent phenomenon and cultural discrepancy between Chinese and English euphemism.

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Euphemism is a phenomenon of both language and society and culture. With the development of society,euphemism is also a process of weeding through the old and bring forth the new among which appears a striking features of the times. Meanwhile,the semantics of euphemism is changing from one direction to another. There are equivalent phenomenon and cultural discrepancy between Chinese and English euphemism.

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Euphemism is a phenomenon of both language and society and culture. With the development of society,euphemism is also a process of weeding through the old and bring forth the new among which appears a striking features of the times. Meanwhile,the semantics of euphemism is changing from one direction to another. There are equivalent phenomenon and cultural discrepancy between Chinese and English euphemism.

Key concepts: Euphemism, Cultural phenomenon, Phenomenon, Linguistics, Value (mathematics), Social phenomenon, Sociology, Process (computing)

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