Chinese Euphemism Cognitive Research

The euphemism is one kind of important means that people use to harmonize interpersonal relationship in language usage,it is both one kind of linguistic phenomenon and one kind of common social and cultural phenomenon, so it has long attracted the attention of many researchers. The respectively never same angle reserch has carried out by these linguists and scholars on this linguistic phenomenon , the studied achievement is conducive to us to knowing euphemism phenomenon deeperly and all-roundly, so it has important practical guiding value in promoting people's communication.This paper drawing euphemism on the basis of research results from the cognitive angle will try to carry out an exploration on Chinese euphemism. Metaphor theory,metonymy theory having wielded categorical-rization prototype theory, arrangement of ideas theory and concept in cognition linguistics mainly have carried out analysis on Chinese euphemism, Chinese euphemism formation of the cognitive arguments to explain their tactful, subtle effects of the Implementation mechanism, which will contribute to the promotion ofexploration and research in the euphemism of the correct use of interpersonal communication.The thesis divides into three chapters.The first chapter is " euphemism and cognition linguistics ". Having carried out a summary on the euphemism first, Chinese euphemism having made clear that the main body of a book object of study is a narrow sense here on the basis, have emphasized that the angle from cognition linguistics carries out necessity and feasibility studying in the simultaneous analysis in the current situation studying to Chinese euphemism. Categoricalizational prototype theory and arrangement of ideas theory in the linguistics are introduced secondly. Applying prototype theory is able to change the same notable outstanding category middle semanteme characteristic prototype into being not a prototype; applying arrangement of ideas theory is able to realize the categorical superordination change that the fundamental arrangement of ideas category summarizes to be the abstract, but these all can realize tactful expressing effect. Having the concept metaphor and metonymy theory to be introduced finally. Be the theory core's turn to look upon natural language as the reality being human being thought, which relates that is a complicated human being mentality cognition process, this is that the euphemism inherence structure builds and produces an agent to have found cognition reason evidence.The second chapter is"analysis of the euphemism with prototype category theory."Seal applies prototype theory and arrangement of ideas theory to analyse middle to Chinese euphemism concre. Among a lot of Chinese euphemisms, we have chosen euphemism such as death , individual characteristic , occupation , political economy, military affairs as the representative mainly. By the fact that analysis , we discover these euphemisms are to apply the semanteme mixing up , expanding a prototype to come into being the characteristic means, this is also that the similarity that prototype theory and arrangement of ideas theory are to take prototype as centre moving to border , mix up the notable outstanding prototype semanteme characteristic , expansion or reduction, realize implicit tactful expressing effect.The third chapter is"analysis of the euphemism with metaphor and metonymy theory". Euphemism phenomenon seal has been discussed appearing with the metaphor and the metonymy form. The cognition linguistics thinks that having some aspect laying stress on a concept, the concept metaphor and metonymy but conceal at the same time other aspect effect, therefore the euphemism produced by metaphor and metonymy can be able to bring no happy to people in covering the language expressed directly, and realize implicit tactful expressing effect. Both metaphor and metonymy are by the fact that a cognition gains understanding to another cognition region, but the basis understanding that is the imagination associating a sum , this is the similarity that they have in generating euphemism process.