taboo culture.ppt

LinguisticTaboobetweenEastern westernCommunications 组员 刘秋华王芳郑洁王雪李亚云潘雨珍吴琴李晶柳向阳刘新星 Contents Part1 DefinitionofTaboo linguistictabooPart2 DifferencesofLinguisticTaboobetweenEastern westernCommunications1 death terribledisease physicaldisability2 excretionofthebody3 discrimination4 numbers Contents Part3 WaysofAvoidingLinguisticTabooUsingEuphemismHavingaGoodKnowledgeoftheTabooCulturePart4 Conclusion Part1 DefinitionofTaboo LinguisticTaboo TabooAtabooisastrongsocialprohibition orban relatingtoanyareaofhumanactivityorsocialcustomthatissacredorforbiddenbasedonmoraljudgment religiousbeliefsandorscientificconsensus LinguisticTabooWordsandexpressionsrelatedtosocialtaboos Part2 DifferencesofLinguisticTaboobetweenEastern westerncommunications 1 deathterribledisease physicaldisability2 excretionofthebody3 discrimination4 numbers5 names 1 Death Disease physicaldisability Death TerribleDiseaseInEnglish V D veneraldisease bigC cancer longdisease cancer terminalillness cancer Abbreviationsareoftenusedtoalleviatetheshockingeffect SARS SevereAcuteRespiratorySyndromes InChinese 不舒服 insteadof 病 挂彩了 insteadof 伤 physicaldisabilityInEnglish ugly looksplain ordinary fat heavilyset or ontheheavyside thin slender acrippled physicallyhandicapped oneisdeaf hardofhearing InChinese oneisdeaf 耳朵背 耳朵有点不好 说话得近点 2 Concerningpartsorexcretionofthebody EuphemismsforLavatoryInEnglish gotolavatory gotothebathroom dotheirbusiness answernature scall InChinese 厕所 isalwaysavoidedinpublicoccasion gotolavatory 去一号 or 去方便一下 3 Discrimination Discriminationagainstwoman InEnglish Apersonofunknownsex he or him ratherthan she or her Apersonwhopresidesameeting chairman cow a womanwhohasmanychildren mutton a dissolutewoman hen a womanwholikesgossip cat a maliciouswoman crone an uglywitheredoldwoman etc Nowadays chairman chairperson gentleman gentleperson humanbeings humankind or thehumanrace InChinese Thepejorativeattitudetowardwomen 妇人之见 头发长见识短 男子汉不和妇人一般见识 长舌妇 etc Derogatorytitlesforwomen 泼妇 母老虎 母夜叉 娘儿们 悍妇 etc Racism Racismisthebeliefthatcertainhumanracesareinherentlyinferiortoothersandracistlanguageisthatwhichshowsabiasedattitudetowardscertainracialorethicgroups InEnglish Againstblackpeople white pure clean benevolent black evil wrongdoing and dirty suchas blackguard blacklist blackmark etc nigger and boy ablackadultman InChinese 蒙古大夫 incompetentdoctors 小鬼子 Japanese 洋鬼子 大鼻子 westerners 4 Numbers Inwesterncountries influentialtaboonumbers 13Fridayisformanyyearsthedayofexecutionofcriminals InChina influentialtaboonumbers 41 4 andtheword 死 death almostsoundthesame 2 Amongoldpeople theythink 73 and 84 aretwokeyages Ifyouare73or84yearsold youwilldiebeforetheKingofhellinvitesyou Somanyoldpeopleavoidtalkingtheirexactages InChinese evennumbersareluckynumbers 好事成双 成双成对 六六大顺Inwesterncountries oddnumbersareluckynumbers Thegoddelightsinanoddnumber thereisdivinityinoddnumbers eitherinnativity chanceordeath Goodluckliesinoddnumbers Part3 WaysofAvoidingLinguisticTaboo Usingeuphemism whenajudgegivesthecriminalasentence hewilldirectlysay Iherebysentenceyoutofiveyearsinprison Butthecriminalhimselforhisrelativeswilltellothers Somebodyissenttothebighouse forthepurposeofsavingface buttocks are arse ass prat can tail cheeks caboose fundament Havingagoodknowledgeofthetabooculture Languageandculturerelyoneachotherandinfluenceeachother Languagesareformedanddevelopundercertainculturalbackground Linguistictabooisakindofsocialphenomenon ItsexistenceanddevelopmentarerestrictedandinfluencedbyspecificculturalbackgroundIfonewantstoavoidviolatingtaboos heorsheshouldhaveagoodknowledgeofwhatisorisnotataboointhisculture LeftreferstotheWest rightreferstoChina1 Expressingpersonalviews 2 TheviewofTime 3 Interpersonalrelations 4 Queued 5 Self 6 Thenoiseintherestaurant 7 Oldagelifestyle 8 Leadershippositions 9 Thewaytosolvethings 4 Conclusion BothChineseandEnglishlinguistictaboosreflectpeople spsychologyforgoodwill forsafetyandfortuneandpleasantness TheChineseandEnglishpeoplerestricttheirwordsanddeedsthroughtaboos tryingtokeepharmoniousrelationshipsbetweenhumanandnature orbetweenpeop