The Differences between English and Chinese Verbal Taboos 英语毕业论文

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1、TheDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseVerbalTaboosAbstract:ThisthesisismainlyfocusedonthecomparisonbetweenEnglishandChineseverbaltaboos.Andverbaltaboosaredividedintothreeaspectssuchas,formsofaddress,topicandprivacyandcompliments.Thisthesismainlyfocusesontheanalysisofthedifferences

2、ofverbaltaboosbetweendifferentculturesfromculturalviewofEnglishandChinese.Andherewewilldiscussthedifferentreactionpeoplemayshowtowardsthesamewordsanddeedsorsomethinglikethat.ThisthesisaimstoletreadershaveageneralviewontheChineseandEnglishverbaltaboos,hopingthatpeoplefromdifferentc

3、ulturalbackgroundwillunderstandeachotherwellandcommunicatewitheachotherinharmony.KeyWords:western;Chinese;verbaltaboos;comparisonAstheexplanationinOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,“taboosarewordsthatmanypeopleconsideroffensiveorshocking,forexamplebecausetheyreferto

4、sex,thebody,orpeople’srace.”AmodernlinguistRobinettconsidersthattabooisakindofsocialprincipleorstandardtopreventtheharmfulbehaviorofpeople.Fromthesedefinitionsitcanbesummarizedas:taboowordisakindoflanguagethatpeoplecannotarbitrarilyuseinordertobecourteousortoavoidcausingothers’str

5、ongantipathy.Therearemanykindsoftaboosthatareverydifferentfromeachother,becauseofrespectivedeep-rootedcultures,historiesandlifestylesofEnglishandChinese.Itisespeciallyimportantforustobeawareofwhatthedifferencesareinordertounderstandeachotherwell.Mosttaboosareverbalones.Incaseofcau

6、singunpleasantnessandembarrassment,peoplearecarefulofthetopicstheyshareandthewordsanddeedstheyspeakandact.Theyfindthatitisnoteasyforthemtoexpressorspeakanythingattheirpleasure.Moreover,inordertomakeavalidcommunication,theymayobviatesometopicsorcertainvocabularyintentionallyindaily

7、life.TheverbaltaboosrangefrompersonallifetofamilylifeandsocialintercoursenotonlyinChinabutalsoinwesternsocieties.Verbaltaboosmainlyincludethreetypes:formsofaddress,topicandprivacyandcompliments.1.FormsofaddressInordertocommunicatesuccessfullywitheachother,peoplefromdifferentcultur

8、albackgroundhadbettertobecarefulo