2010•Journal of Xinyang Agricultural CollegeRequires access

Metaphorical iconicity of Chinese and English euphemism

Guo Gui-li

Abstract

Iconicity exists in all sides of language.Metaphorical iconicity is very obvious in Chinese and English euphemism.Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance.Euphemism has metaphorical iconicity with its original meaning,it is not a sheer fabrication out of nothing.

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Key concepts: Euphemism, Iconicity, Linguistics, Metaphor, Phrase, Meaning (existential), Nothing, Philosophy