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

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

2、eendifferentculturesfromculturalviewofEnglishandChinese.Andherewewilldiscussthedifferentreactionpeoplemayshowtowardsthesamewordsanddeedsorsomethinglikethat.ThisthesisaimstoletreadershaveageneralviewontheChineseandEnglishverbaltaboos,hopingthatpeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundwillunderstandeacho

3、therwellandcommunicatewitheachotherinharmony.KeyWords:western;Chinese;verbaltaboos;comparisonAstheexplanationinOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,“taboosarewordsthatmanypeopleconsideroffensiveorshocking,forexamplebecausetheyrefertosex,thebody,orpeople’srace.”AmodernlinguistRobinettcon

4、sidersthattabooisakindofsocialprincipleorstandardtopreventtheharmfulbehaviorofpeople.Fromthesedefinitionsitcanbesummarizedas:taboowordisakindoflanguagethatpeoplecannotarbitrarilyuseinordertobecourteousortoavoidcausingothers’strongantipathy.Therearemanykindsoftaboosthatareverydifferentfromeachother,

5、becauseofrespectivedeep-rootedcultures,historiesandlifestylesofEnglishandChinese.Itisespeciallyimportantforustobeawareofwhatthedifferencesareinordertounderstandeachotherwell.Mosttaboosareverbalones.Incaseofcausingunpleasantnessandembarrassment,peoplearecarefulofthetopicstheyshareandthewordsanddeeds

6、theyspeakandact.Theyfindthatitisnoteasyforthemtoexpressorspeakanythingattheirpleasure.Moreover,inordertomakeavalidcommunication,theymayobviatesometopicsorcertainvocabularyintentionallyindailylife.TheverbaltaboosrangefrompersonallifetofamilylifeandsocialintercoursenotonlyinChinabutalsoinwesternsocie

7、ties.Verbaltaboosmainlyincludethreetypes:formsofaddress,topicandprivacyandcompliments.1.FormsofaddressInordertocommunicatesuccessfullywitheachother,peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundhadbettertobecarefulo