the differences between english and chinese verbal taboos 英语毕业论文

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1、TheDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseVerbalTaboosAbstract:ThisthesisismainlyfocusedonthecomparisonbetweenEnglishandChineseverbaltaboos.Andverbaltaboosaredividedintothreeaspectssuchas,formsofaddress,topicandprivacyandcompliments.Thisthesismainlyfocusesontheana

2、lysisofthedifferencesofverbaltaboosbetweendifferentculturesfromculturalviewofEnglishandChinese.Andherewewilldiscussthedifferentreactionpeoplemayshowtowardsthesamewordsanddeedsorsomethinglikethat.ThisthesisaimstoletreadershaveageneralviewontheChineseandEnglishv

3、erbaltaboos,hopingthatpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundwillunderstandeachotherwellandcommunicatewitheachotherinharmony.KeyWords:western;Chinese;verbaltaboos;comparisonAstheexplanationinOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,“taboosarewordsthatman

4、ypeopleconsideroffensiveorshocking,forexamplebecausetheyrefertosex,thebody,orpeople’srace.”AmodernlinguistRobinettconsidersthattabooisakindofsocialprincipleorstandardtopreventtheharmfulbehaviorofpeople.Fromthesedefinitionsitcanbesummarizedas:taboowordisakindof

5、languagethatpeoplecannotarbitrarilyuseinordertobecourteousortoavoidcausingothers’strongantipathy.Therearemanykindsoftaboosthatareverydifferentfromeachother,becauseofrespectivedeep-rootedcultures,historiesandlifestylesofEnglishandChinese.Itisespeciallyimportant

6、forustobeawareofwhatthedifferencesareinordertounderstandeachotherwell.Mosttaboosareverbalones.Incaseofcausingunpleasantnessandembarrassment,peoplearecarefulofthetopicstheyshareandthewordsanddeedstheyspeakandact.Theyfindthatitisnoteasyforthemtoexpressorspeakany

7、thingattheirpleasure.Moreover,inordertomakeavalidcommunication,theymayobviatesometopicsorcertainvocabularyintentionallyindailylife.TheverbaltaboosrangefrompersonallifetofamilylifeandsocialintercoursenotonlyinChinabutalsoinwesternsocieties.Verbaltaboosmainlyinc

8、ludethreetypes:formsofaddress,topicandprivacyandcompliments.1.FormsofaddressInordertocommunicatesuccessfullywitheachother,peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundhadbettertobecarefulo