A Comparison between Chinese and English Taboos

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1、AComparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishTaboosEnglishThesisAdvisor:28Dec2010Abstract:TabooreflectseverycornerofthedifferentsociallifebothinChineseandEnglishculture,sothedifferencesbetweentheChineseandEnglishtabooscanbeofgreathelpforcross-culturalcommunication.Byanalyzingsomeimporta

2、ntpartsofthetaboos,wewillhavesomegeneralpointofviewonit.Keywords:taboo,differences,comparison,cross-culturalcommunicationContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………………………......1II.content：acomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishtaboos………………….1A.Colortaboo………………………………………….............

3、.....................11.Red…………………………….………………………………………12.White………………………..…………………………………………23.Black..………………………………………………………………….2B.Numbertaboo………………………….………………………………….31.NumberfourinChina………………………………………………....32.NumberthirteeninEnglish……………………………………...….33.Friday……………………………………………

4、………………...….34.Oddnumberandevennumber……………………………………..3C.Religion…………………………………………………………………..4III.Conclusion……………………………………………………………………..5WorksCited…………………………………………………………………..6I.IntroductionLanguageisaculturalcarrierasapartofculture.TabooisacommonlanguagebothinChineseandEnglishcul

5、ture.Itisveryusefultobeawareofthecross-culturalcommunicationandlearningofEnglishculture.Taboo,asaspeciallanguage,seemsveryimportantwhetherinrealityorincommunication.Duetodifferenthistoricalandculturalbackgrounds,therangesoftabooarenotthesame.Therewillbedifferentwaysofthesameob

6、ject.Usually,languageisusedasamirrortoreflectthenationalculturebypeople.UnderstandingthedifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishtabooswillappropriatelyhelpcross-culturalcommunication.II.AcomparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishtaboosAstheoldsayinggoes,troublescomeoutofthetongue.Superstit

7、iouspeoplethinkthatthelanguageitselfcanbringaboutfortuneormisfortunesothattaboostorestricttheuseoflanguagearecreated.Anyonewhoviolatesthemwillgetpunishment,whereasthosewhofaithfullyobeytherestrictionsoflanguagetaboowillgetprotection.Furthermore,tabooschangewiththedevelopmentof

8、societyandexistinalmosteveryaspectofpeople’slife.Itisaunivers