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1、AComparativeStudyofDeathEuphemismBetweenChineseandWesternCultureABSTRACTLanguageisthecarrierofculture.Deatheuphemismisnotonlyalinguisticphenomenon,butalsoakindofsocialandculturalphenomenon.Itsproductionwasinfluencedbyeachnation’spoliticalsystem,religion,economy,culture,etc
2、.ThroughtheanalysisofthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishdeatheuphemism,thisarticlepresentsthesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishdeatheuphemismfromtheaspectof“parting”,physicalactivity,armylife,illnessandcommittingsuicideandmakesanemphasisontheintroductio
3、nofthedifferencesbetweenthem.Thedifferencesaremainlyasfollows:inpoliticalsystem,Chinaadoptsthefeudalhierarchywhilethewestadoptstheconstitutionalmonarchyandadvocatestheequalityideology.Insocialandeconomiclife,Chinaisanagriculturalcountrywhilethecapitalisticeconomydevelopedr
4、apidlyinthewest.Infolkcustoms,Chinaadoptsinhumationwhilecremationisadoptedinthewest.Inreligiousbelief,peopleinChinabelieveinBuddhismandTaoism,whileinthewest,peoplebelieveinChristianity.Bythecomparativestudy,ithelpspeoplelearnthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenChineseandEn
5、glishdeatheuphemismandthathelpstoimprovepersonallanguageaccomplishmentandknowthelanguagetaboooftheeastandthewest.Moreover,itismeaningfulforpeopletoknowhowtoproperlyusedeatheuphemismsindifferentsituations.Thereby,itcanpromotecross-culturalcommunication.Keywords:deatheuphemi
6、smcomparativestudycross-culturalcommunication摘要语言是文化的载体,死亡委婉语不仅是一种语言现象,也是一种社会现象和文化现象。它的产生受到了各个民族的政治制度、宗教信仰、经济、文化等方面的影响。本文通过对汉英死亡委婉语的相同点和不同点的分析,展现出了英汉死亡委婉语在离别,身体活动,军队生活以及疾病和自杀方面的共同之处,同时着重介绍了两民族关于死亡委婉语表述的不同之处:在政治制度方面,中国实行的是封建等级制度,而西方采用的是君主立宪制度和崇尚平等思想;在社会经济生活方面,中国处于农耕社会而西方的资本
7、主义经济高度发达;在风俗习惯方面,中国实行土葬制度,而西方实行火葬制度;在宗教信仰方面,中国信奉佛教和道教,西方信奉基督教。通过以上的对比研究,使人们学习到了汉英死亡委婉语的相同和不同之处,有助于人们提高语言修养和了解中西方人的语言禁忌,从而指导人们如何在不同的情境之下正确使用死亡委婉语,进而更好地促进跨文化交际。关键词:死亡委婉语对比研究跨文化交际ContentsIntroduction.............................................................................
8、......................................................................1IThecauseofdeatheu