A Comparative Study on Chinese and English Taboos 中英禁忌语比较

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1、AComparativeStudyonChineseandEnglishTaboosAbstract:Nowadays,themutualcommunicationbetweenChinesepeopleandEnglishpeoplehasbecomemoreandmorefrequent.Itisimportantforbothpeoplestoknownotonlywhatutteranceispreferredbutalsowhatutteranceisforbiddenincross-

2、culturalcommunication.TabooisacommonlinguisticphenomenonbothinChineseandEnglish.Thisessayintroducesthesourceoftaboo,thedefinitionoftaboo,andthencomparesthedifferenceandsimilaritiesoflanguagetaboobetweenEnglishandChinesefromtheperspectivesofculturaldi

3、fferences.Themainpurposeistohelppeoplehaveabetterunderstandingoflinguistictabooanddevelopaclearerawarenessofavoidingtaboowordsincommunication,thusenhancingtheircross-culturalcommunicativecompetence.KeyWords:taboo;definition;similarity;difference中英禁忌语

4、比较摘要：现在，中英两国人民之间的相互交流变得越来越频繁。对中英两国人民来说在跨文化交际中不仅要知道讲什么话是首选，而且了解哪些话是被禁忌的是十分重要的。禁忌语是中英文化中一个很普通的语言现象。这篇文章介绍了禁忌语的起源和禁忌语的定义，也从文化差异这个角度比较了中英禁忌语的不同点和相同点。主要的目的使人们对语言禁忌有更好的了解，并且在交流中能够建立更高的警觉性避免使用禁忌语，然后提高他们的跨文化交际能力。关键词：禁忌语；定义；相似处；不同点CONTENTSIntroduction11.Defin

5、itionofTaboo11.1DefinitionofTaboo11.2DifferencesbetweenTabooandEuphemism22.SimilartaboosinEnglishandChinese32.1ReligionandGod32.2Sex42.3SecretionsandExcretions52.4DiseaseandDeath62.5SocialStatus82.6PrivacyonIncomeandWeight93.DifferenttaboosinEnglisha

6、ndChinese103.1PoliticalOpinion103.2PrivacyonAgeandMarriage113.3Names114.Conclusion13Bibliography15IntroductionNowadays,taboohasbecomeacommonlyusedwordinanthropologyandstudiesofreligionandfolkcustom.Furthermore,ithasbeenafairlyimportantfieldofthesebra

7、nchesoflearning.Ineverynationandculturetherearephenomenaofusingtabooindailylife.AbouttheoriginofTaboo,therearetwoviewpointsnow.OneviewpointisthatthetermTabooisoriginatedfromPolynesian(insouthPacific)Tongalanguage.In1777,CaptainJamesCookarrivedinsouth

8、PacificPolynesianTonga.InTonga,hefoundastrangebehaviorintheirdailylife.Thereweremanythingsforbiddentodo,manyfoodsforbiddentoeat,andsomewordsnotallowedtosay.ThelocallanguageofTongacalledthisphenomenonTabooorTabu.ThenCookborrowedthewordintoEnglish.Thew