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1、AComparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishTaboosByEnglishThesisAdvisor:28Dec20106Abstract:TabooreflectseverycornerofthedifferentsociallifebothinChineseandEnglishculture,sothedifferencesbetweentheChineseandEnglishtabooscanbeofgreathelpforcross-culturalcommunication.Byana

2、lyzingsomeimportantpartsofthetaboos,wewillhavesomegeneralpointofviewonit.Keywords:taboo,differences,comparison,cross-culturalcommunicationContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………………………......1II.content：acomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishtaboos………………….1A.Colortab

3、oo…………………………………………..................................11.Red…………………………….………………………………………12.White………………………..…………………………………………23.Black..………………………………………………………………….2B.Numbertaboo………………………….………………………………….31.NumberfourinChina………………………………………………....32.NumberthirteeninEnglish

4、……………………………………...….33.Friday……………………………………………………………...….34.Oddnumberandevennumber……………………………………..3C.Religion…………………………………………………………………..4III.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..5Works6Cited…………………………………………………………………..6I.IntroductionLanguageisaculturalcarrierasapa

5、rtofculture.TabooisacommonlanguagebothinChineseandEnglishculture.Itisveryusefultobeawareofthecross-culturalcommunicationandlearningofEnglishculture.Taboo,asaspeciallanguage,seemsveryimportantwhetherinrealityorincommunication.Duetodifferenthistoricalandculturalbac

6、kgrounds,therangesoftabooarenotthesame.Therewillbedifferentwaysofthesameobject.Usually,languageisusedasamirrortoreflectthenationalculturebypeople.UnderstandingthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishtabooswillappropriatelyhelpcross-culturalcommunication.II.Acompari

7、sonbetweenChineseandEnglishtaboosAstheoldsayinggoes,troublescomeoutofthetongue.Superstitiouspeoplethinkthatthelanguageitselfcanbringaboutfortuneormisfortunesothattaboostorestricttheuseoflanguagearecreated.Anyonewhoviolatesthemwillgetpunishment,whereasthosewhofait

8、hfullyobeytherestrictionsoflanguagetaboowillgetprotection.Furthermore,tabooschangewiththedevelopmentofsocietyandexistinalmosteveryaspectofpeople’slife.Itisauni