A Comparison between Chinese and English Taboos 英语专业毕业论文

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1、AComparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishTaboosAbstract:TabooreflectseverycornerofthedifferentsociallifebothinChineseandEnglishculture,sothedifferencesbetweentheChineseandEnglishtabooscanbeofgreathelpforcross-culturalcommunication.Byanalyzingsomeimportantpartsofthetaboos,wewillhavesomegenera

2、lpointofviewonit.Keywords:taboo,differences,comparison,cross-culturalcommunicationContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………………………......1II.content：acomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishtaboos………………….1A.Colortaboo…………………………………………..................................11.Red…………………………….………………………

3、………………12.White………………………..…………………………………………23.Black..………………………………………………………………….2B.Numbertaboo………………………….………………………………….31.NumberfourinChina………………………………………………....32.NumberthirteeninEnglish……………………………………...….33.Friday……………………………………………………………...….34.Oddnumberandevennumber……………………………………..3C.Re

4、ligion…………………………………………………………………..4III.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..5WorksCited…………………………………………………………………..6I.IntroductionLanguageisaculturalcarrierasapartofculture.TabooisacommonlanguagebothinChineseandEnglishculture.Itisveryusefultobeawareofthecross-culturalcommunicationandlea

5、rningofEnglishculture.Taboo,asaspeciallanguage,seemsveryimportantwhetherinrealityorincommunication.Duetodifferenthistoricalandculturalbackgrounds,therangesoftabooarenotthesame.Therewillbedifferentwaysofthesameobject.Usually,languageisusedasamirrortoreflectthenationalculturebypeople.Und

6、erstandingthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishtabooswillappropriatelyhelpcross-culturalcommunication.II.AcomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishtaboosAstheoldsayinggoes,troublescomeoutofthetongue.Superstitiouspeoplethinkthatthelanguageitselfcanbringaboutfortuneormisfortunesothattaboostore

7、stricttheuseoflanguagearecreated.Anyonewhoviolatesthemwillgetpunishment,whereasthosewhofaithfullyobeytherestrictionsoflanguagetaboowillgetprotection.Furthermore,tabooschangewiththedevelopmentofsocietyandexistinalmosteveryaspectofpeople’slife.ItisauniversalsocialphenomenoninChinaandBr