| 1 Introduction | 第1-15页 |
| ·Language, Culture, Communication, Euphemism and Contrastive Analysis | 第8-9页 |
| ·A Brief History of Euphemism in English and Chinese | 第9-12页 |
| ·An Overview of Study on Euphemism at Home and Abroad | 第12-15页 |
| 2 Language and Euphemism | 第15-34页 |
| ·Definition and Classification of Euphemism | 第15-19页 |
| ·Formation of Euphemism | 第19-27页 |
| ·Phonetic Device | 第20页 |
| ·Lexical Device | 第20-22页 |
| ·Figurative Device | 第22-25页 |
| ·Grammatical Device | 第25-27页 |
| ·Pragmatic Device | 第27页 |
| ·The Features of Euphemism | 第27-34页 |
| ·Time Variation | 第27-30页 |
| ·Register Variation | 第30-32页 |
| ·Region Variation | 第32-34页 |
| 3 Euphemism and Culture | 第34-47页 |
| ·Euphemism as a Cultural Phenomenon | 第34-36页 |
| ·Definition of Culture | 第34-35页 |
| ·Culture, Language and Euphemism | 第35-36页 |
| ·A Contrastive Analysis of English and Chinese Cultures in Terms of Euphemism | 第36-47页 |
| ·Euphemism, Religion and Class | 第36-38页 |
| ·Euphemism and Social Value | 第38-44页 |
| ·Euphemism and Cultural Allusions | 第44-47页 |
| 4 Euphemism and Communication | 第47-60页 |
| ·The Communicative Functions of Euphemism | 第47-49页 |
| ·Avoid Taboos and Show Politeness | 第47-48页 |
| ·Disguise | 第48-49页 |
| ·Euphemism and Communicative Principles | 第49-54页 |
| ·Principles in the making of Euphemism | 第49-50页 |
| ·Euphemism and the Cooperative Principle | 第50-52页 |
| ·Euphemism and the Politeness Principle | 第52-53页 |
| ·Euphemism and the Defensive Principle | 第53-54页 |
| ·Euphemism and Context of Situation | 第54-57页 |
| ·Field of Discourse | 第55页 |
| ·Tenor of Discourse | 第55-57页 |
| ·Euphemism and Intercultural Communication | 第57-60页 |
| 5 Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-67页 |
