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1、TaboosandEuphemismsinEnglishandChineseAbstract:Asweknow,therearesignificantdifferencesinlanguageandcultureeducationbetweenwesternandChinese.Anyignoranceofsocialcustomsandculturalvaluesmaynotonlycausecommunicativeobstacles,butalsolikelybringaboutprejudice,offen
2、ce,evenhostilityincross-culturalcommunications.Taboo,asaspeciallinguisticphenomenon,universallyexistsineverycultureallovertheworld.Therefore,thetaboosbecomeamajorobstacleincommunicativeactivities,especiallycross-culturalcommunication.EnglishandChinesetaboosman
3、ifesttheirdifferentculturalbackgroundsandsocialpsychology.Therefore,itisnecessarytocompareChineseandWesterntaboostoavoidunnecessaryculturalconflict.Keyword:Taboo;Euphemism;InterculturalCommunicationTaboowordsisapopularlanguagephenomenoninhumanlanguage.Foralong
4、time,ithasbeenanimportantpartofstudyformanyscholarsfromdifferentaspects.Inthecommunicationacrosscultures,wecannotavoidmeetingtaboos.ToChinesepeople,itisveryimportanttostudyandlearntousetaboocorrectlyandproperly.Thispapergivesabriefintroductionofthecomparisonbe
5、tweenEnglishandChinesetaboos.Andbystudyingthislanguagephenomenon,wecannotonlyimproveourabilityofcomprehension,butalsolearnthecolorfulcultureandworldlywisdomofdifferentsocietyandcommunicatewithforeignersfreelyandcomfortably.Tabooisaninseparablepartofhumanlangua
6、geandaculturalphenomenonthatexistsextensivelyinhumansocieties.Itcomesintobeingwiththedevelopmentofthelanguage.Theword“taboo”stemsfromtheTongan(acountryconsistingofabout170smallislandsinthesouthwestPacificOceananditsoriginalmeaningis“holy”or“thingscallingforext
7、raordinaryconcerning”In1777,aBritishnavigatorJamesCookarrivedattheTongaislandswhenhewasexploringinSouthPacificOcean.JamesCookfoundthattaboophenomenonincludestwoaspects:firstly,therespectfulholysubstancethatcannotbeusedatwill;secondly,thedespicablesubstancethat
8、cannotbeapproachedatrandom.Then,herecordedallkindsofthetaboophenomenonandbroughtthembacktoBritain.Fromthenon,taboophenomenonpermeatedformallyintothewesternculture.AsfarasChinaiscon