| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第13-32页 |
| ·Definition of Euphemism | 第13-16页 |
| ·Classification of Euphemism | 第16-22页 |
| ·Some Major Classifications | 第17-21页 |
| ·Other Classifications | 第21-22页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Euphemism and Their Limitations | 第22-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies in Western Countries | 第22-24页 |
| ·Previous Studies in China | 第24-26页 |
| ·Limitations of the Previous Studies | 第26-28页 |
| ·Previous Studies of Adaptation Theory | 第28-32页 |
| ·Introduction and Discussion of Adaptation Theory | 第29-30页 |
| ·Application of Adaptation Theory | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Basis | 第32-42页 |
| ·Verschueren’s Pragmatic Perspective | 第32-34页 |
| ·Key Notions of Verschueren’s Pragmatic Perspective | 第34-42页 |
| ·Making Choices | 第34-36页 |
| ·Three Properties of Choice-making | 第36-38页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigating Adaptation Theory | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Three Choice-making of Euphemisms and Their Adaptation to Pragmatic Functions | 第42-57页 |
| ·An Introduction of the TV Series Desperate Housewives | 第42-43页 |
| ·Choice-making of Euphemisms in Desperate Housewives | 第43-52页 |
| ·Phonetic Level | 第46-47页 |
| ·Lexical Level | 第47-48页 |
| ·Grammatical Level | 第48-49页 |
| ·Semantic Level | 第49-51页 |
| ·Pragmatic Level | 第51-52页 |
| ·Adaptation of Euphemisms to Pragmatic Functions | 第52-57页 |
| ·Adaptation to Evasive Function | 第53-54页 |
| ·Adaptation to Politeness Function | 第54-55页 |
| ·Adaptation to Cosmetic Function | 第55-57页 |
| Chapter Four Adaptation of Euphemisms to Context | 第57-85页 |
| ·Context | 第57-62页 |
| ·A General Account of Context | 第58-60页 |
| ·A General Picture of Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第60-62页 |
| ·Adaptation of Euphemisms to Communicative Context | 第62-83页 |
| ·Adaptation to Language Users | 第62-67页 |
| ·Adaptation to Mental World | 第67-71页 |
| ·Adaptation to Social World | 第71-79页 |
| ·Adaptation to Physical World | 第79-83页 |
| ·The Generation of Context | 第83-85页 |
| Chapter Five Findings and Implications | 第85-91页 |
| ·Findings | 第85-87页 |
| ·Implications | 第87-91页 |
| ·Implications for Cross-cultural Communication | 第87-89页 |
| ·Implications for TEFL | 第89-91页 |
| Conclusion | 第91-94页 |
| Bibliography | 第94-98页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第98-99页 |
| Publications | 第99页 |
