A Study of the Cultural Distinctions between Chinese and English Taboos 英语毕业论文

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1、AStudyoftheCulturalDistinctionsbetweenChineseandEnglishTaboos【关键词】禁忌语；演变；相似点；不同点I.IntroductionLanguage,asthecarrierofculture,iscreatedduringtheprocessofhumanbeings’productivelaborandservesasthetoolofcommunicationtoconveythemessagebetweenpeople.However,ithasbeene

2、ndowedwithmagicandpowerinparticularlanguageacts.Astheoldsayinggoes,troublescomeoutofthetongue.Tabooisacommonlyexistingculturalphenomenonamongnationsintheworldwhichregulatespeople’slanguageandsocialcommunication.ThegreatdifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncultures

3、directlyresultinthegreatdifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishtaboos.Withtheconsiderationofthedifferentculturesandcustoms,weshouldavoidusingoffensiveexpression.Cross-culturalcommunicationisanimportantpartofmoderncommunication.Thephenomenonoftabooscanmakethecross-cul

4、turalcommunicationmoreappropriate.Evidently,linguistictaboosareareflectionofthesesocialdevelopmentandthevalueconceptsandbeliefsofthecultureinwhichtheyareborn.Tabooshaveagreatinfluenceuponthepeople’sculturallifeandmateriallife.Therefore,taboosarewellworthstudying

5、. TherearesomesimilaritiesinEnglishandChineselinguistictaboos,butdifferentculturesmaynotallagreeonwhatisorisnotatabooinaspecificcontext.SothedifferencesalsoexistbetweenEnglishandChineselinguistictaboos.Alackofknowledgeinthisfieldorimproperuseoflinguistictaboosma

6、yleadtomisunderstandings,conflictsandotherunknownseriousconsequencesinthecross-culturecommunicationswhichisincreasinglyfrequentandwidernow.Thispaperintendstostudytheevolutionoflinguistictaboo,toanalyzethesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishlinguistictabooinpronu

7、nciationandvocabulary,andpresentthedifferencesfromtheaspectsofnames,numbersaswellastaboosubjectsinbothcultures.Lastbutnotleast,threeeffectivewaysareproposedtoavoidlinguistictaboos.II.TheDefinitionandEvolutionofTabooThediscussionofregistersreflectsthefactthatword

8、sofalanguagearenotinthesamesocialstatus.Thereareeverwordswhicharesociallydevalued.Theyarecompletelysuppressedbytherulesofsocialcommunication.Thesewordsarenotallowedto