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1、【标题】中英文禁忌语对比研究【作者】【关键词】禁忌语;中、英语;对比研究【指导老师】【专业】英语【正文】IntroductionAsocietyisacomplexorganicwholeinwhichitsmembersinteractandcommunicatewithoneanotheraccordingtocertainrules.Communicationcanbringpeopletogether,butculturekeepsthemapart.Sothisthesisaimsatleadingpeopletoadeeperundersta
2、ndingofoneaspectofthecomplexityofinterculturalcommunicationandprovidingthemwithaculturalperspectiveindealingwiththecommonproblemsininterculturalcommunication.ThroughthestudyoflinguistictaboosinChineseandEnglish,thisthesisisintendedtoenablepeopletoknowwhatistabooandtheirsimilariti
3、esaswellasdifferencesbetweenthetwolanguages.Therearefivechaptersinthisthesis.Inthefirstchapter,ithasageneraldescriptionofstudy.Inthesecondchapter,literaturereviewwillbementioned.Definitionoftabooisintroduced.Afterthat,characteristicsaswellasderivationarementioned.Then,themajorstu
4、diesontaboosinChinaandEnglishareintroduced.Inthethirdchapter,fivecomparisonsoftaboosarementioned.Inthefourthchapter,suggestionsareprovidedwhichincludestheappropriateattitudesandsomeusefulstrategies.Thelastchapterdrawstheconclusionofthisthesis. IILiteratureReviewA.DefinitionofTab
5、ooTaboowasborrowedfromTonga,anislandgroupinPolynesia,anditsfirstrecordeduseinEnglishwasusedbyCaptainJamesCook(1729-1779),anEnglishnavigator.HecametothearchipelagoofTongaduringhisexplorationsinthesouthernpartofthePacificOcean.Thereheheardthewordfromlocalpeople,whichoriginallyrefer
6、redtopersons,activities(includingspeech),orthingsunderprohibitionbecausetheywereconsidered,ontheonehand, “scared”and “considered”,andontheotherhand,heintroduceditintoEnglishinhisdescriptionas “dangerous”and “unclean”inhisthirdvoyagearoundtheworldin1777.1InChina,atleastasearlyasin
7、theHanDynastyappearedthephrase “禁忌”.However,thereisnotascientificexplanationoftermatthattimeexceptfortheonegivenbyXuShenoftheEastHan(58-147A.D.).HeinhisfamousworkShuoWenJieZiexplains: “禁”meanswatchingthecelestialphenomenainordertoshowthenaturalchangesandthegreatevents(观乎天文, 以查时变,
8、示神韦也)2.Bydoingso,man’sactionscanagreewit