An Analysis of Diplomatic Euphemisms from the Perspectives of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle;

Despite the large number of studies done on euphemism, we find that diplomatic euphemism, as a sub-stream, still has further room to explore.

However, in the existing literature, it is found that there爱热only few empirical researches on diplomatic euphemism—euphemism used in the diplomatic discourse.

This article concisely and systematically analyze the diplomatic euphemisms from the view of pragmatics.

Analyzed diplomatic euphemisms from the pragmatic perspective, one can find the grounds of their existence.

Linguistic and rhetorical characteristics of euphemism;

Pragmatic Functions of Euphemisms in English;

Cultural differences reflected in Chinese and English euphemisms;