| 内容提要 | 第1-6页 |
| Synopsis | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Literature Review | 第13-27页 |
| ·Euphemism | 第13-15页 |
| ·Definitions of Euphemism | 第13-14页 |
| ·Classifications of Euphemism | 第14-15页 |
| ·Political Euphemism | 第15-21页 |
| ·Definition of Political Euphemism | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Range of Use of Political Euphemism | 第17-18页 |
| ·Rhetoric Formations of Political Euphemism | 第18-21页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Political Euphemism Abroad | 第21-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Political Euphemism in China | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundation and M ethodology | 第27-40页 |
| ·Theoretical Foundation | 第27-38页 |
| ·Making Linguistic Choices | 第28-30页 |
| ·Properties of Language | 第30-33页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Perspective of Present Study: Communicative Context | 第35-38页 |
| ·Methodology | 第38-40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Research Procedure | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter 3 Data Analysis and Discussions | 第40-76页 |
| ·Political Euphemism as Adaptation to Language Users | 第41-45页 |
| ·Political Euphemism as Adaptation to Mental World | 第45-63页 |
| ·The Importance of Mental World in Verbal Communication | 第45-47页 |
| ·The Motivation to Avoid Taboo | 第47-52页 |
| ·The Motivation to Show Politeness | 第52-56页 |
| ·The Motivation to Hide Truth | 第56-63页 |
| ·Political Euphemism as Adaptation to Social World | 第63-71页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social Conventions | 第64-65页 |
| ·Adaptation to Religion | 第65-67页 |
| ·Adaptation to Value System | 第67-69页 |
| ·Adaptation to Institutional Power | 第69-71页 |
| ·Political Euphemism as Adaptation to Physical World | 第71-76页 |
| ·Language as Social Organism | 第72-73页 |
| ·Diachronic Changes of Political Euphemism | 第73-76页 |
| Conclusion | 第76-79页 |
| References | 第79-84页 |
| Appendix | 第84-90页 |
| Abstract(in Chinese) | 第90-93页 |
| Abstract(in English) | 第93-97页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第97-98页 |
| 导师及作者简介 | 第98页 |
