英汉禁忌语语用文化比较
Pragmatic culture contrast between English-Chinese taboos
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摘要: 禁忌是一种普遍的社会文化现象,其产生、存在和延续,有深刻的社会文化功能.禁忌的研究和运用,不能脱离使用对象、环境、时间、文化、民族、心理等因素,是跨文化交际中的一个重要课题.本文从对比的角度,对英汉禁忌语的语用策略及其在跨文化交际中的禁忌话题作了初步的探讨.Abstract: Taboo is a very common social and cultural phenomenon.Ithas great cultural function.Research and application concerning taboo is closely related to target objects,context,time,culture,nationality and psychological factors as well,because it is a very significant topic in cross-cultural communication.This paper tries to contrast the pragmatic strategies between Chinese and English taboos and has a preliminary discussion on taboos in cross-cultural communication.