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1、AComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseDailyTaboo1.IntroductionWiththereformandopeningupofChina,moreandmoreChinesepeoplebegintolearnEnglish.Thoughtheydotheirutmosttomasterthepronunciation,grammar,vocabularyandidiomsofEnglishwell,theystillalwaysfailtocommunicatewithAmericanpeopleatease.Thereas
2、onforthismainlyliesinthattheyonlylayemphasisonthelanguageitselfbutneglectAmericanculturesintheprocessoflearningthislanguage.Underaspecificcondition,learningaculturemeansthatweshouldknowwhatcanbedoneandwhatcannotbedone,whatcanbesaidandwhatcannotbesaid,andwhatmustnotbedoneorsaid.Andwecallwha
3、tmustnotbedoneorsaid“taboo”.“Taboo”referstocertainexpressions,behaviorsorthingsthatthesocialcommunitytriestoevadeinordertoavoidupsettingothers.ThoughtherearesomesimilaritiesbetweenEnglishandChinesetaboo,differentculturesdonotallagreeonwhatisorwhatisnotatabooinaspecificcontext.Accordingly,t
4、hedifferencesalsoexistbetweenEnglishandChinesetaboo.Alackofknowledgeinthisfieldorimproperuseoftaboomayleadtomisunderstandings,conflictsandotherunknownseriousconsequencesinthecross–culturalcommunication,whichisincreasinglyfrequentandwidenow.Sowecanseewheninterculturalcommunicationbecomesinc
5、reasinglyfrequentandwide,asystematicstudyoftabooininterculturalcommunicationisnecessaryandurgent.2.OriginandDevelopmentof“Taboo”2.1Originof“taboo”TheEnglishword“taboo”originatedfromTongan,alanguageusedbytheresidentsinthepacificTonganIsland.Andoriginally,itmeant“holy”or“untouchable”.Duringt
6、he18thcenturyA.D.,afamousEnglishoceanexplorerJamesCookfound,forthefirsttime,thattheislanderskeptaninterestinghabitthattheycalledwhatcouldnotbedoneortalked“taboo”.Afterwards, JamesCookintroducedthiswordintoEnglishandupdate,itspartofspeechhasconvertedfromadjectivetonounorverb.Taboooriginated
7、fromman’soriginalconfusionandmisunderstandingofnaturalphenomenonandnaturalforce.Inprimitivetimes,peoplefeltpuzzledaboutsomenaturalphenomenonandlawsofnature,includingwind,rain,thunder,andlighting,volcanoandearthquake,eclipseandthemysteryofliving,oldness,disease