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1、TheComparisonbetweenEnglishandChineseTaboosAbstract:Withthedevelopmentofeconomicglobalization,theneedsofInterculturalCommunicationhavebeenincreased.Asweallknow,languageshavetightconnectionwithcultures,peoplewithdifferentculturebackgroundswillrunintokindsofproblems,misunderstandingandcolli
2、sion.Tosolvetheproblem,manylinguistshavedonealotresearch.Agreatquantityshowsthatlanguageispartofthecultureandisalsothecarrierofculture,theuseoflanguagereflecttheconnotationoftheculture.Languagecan’texpressthedeepandcomprehensivemeaningswithoutculturebackgrounds,socialculturecontextandcomm
3、unicativecontext.Tabooexistsineachcultureasaspeciallanguagephenomenon,therearehugedifferencesofTaboowordsamongthedifferentculturesandpeopleseemoffensivewithoutknowingthetabooinotherpeople’slanguage.So,theresearchandstudybecomesignificant.ThispaperwillfocusonthedifferencebetweenEnglishandC
4、hinesetaboos,aimingatimprovingthesenseofcultureandimprovetheabilityofinterculturalcommunication.Keywords:InterculturalCommunicationTaboo1.EtymologyTheterm"taboo"comesfromtheTongantabu,relatedtotheMaoritapu.ItsEnglishusedatesto1777whentheBritishexplorerJamesCookvisitedTonga(EncyclopædiaBri
5、tannicaOnline2012).ItsChineseusedatesfromancienttimes.IntheBookofRites,taboowasmentionedalotoftimes,wecaninferthatancientChinesetaketabooasimportantcustom.ThebookwaspublishedinwesternHandynasty,lastingfrom206BCto24AD.Atabooisastrongprohibitionofanactionbasedonthebeliefthatsuchbehaviorisei
6、thertoosacredortooaccursedforcommonpeopletoundertake,underthreatofsupernaturalpunishment,whichalmostexistsineachcultureasaspeciallanguagephenomenon.2.PurposeandSignificanceThepurposeofthispaperistoinvestigatethesignificanceoftaboowordsandtheirusageinEnglishandChinese,aswellasresearchonhow
7、theyareused,ornotused.Improvethesenseofcultureandimprovetheabilityofinterculturalcommunication.3.literaturesreviewAccordingtoFranzSteiner(1967),inhisclassicstudyoftaboos,“onemightsaythattaboodealswiththesociologyofdangeritself,foritis…concernedwiththeprotectionofind
