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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
