Comparative Study On The Chinese-english Language Taboos

Taboo,which exists in almost every field of daily life, is a kind of very commonphenomenon. Every language in the world possesses its own taboos that play animportant role in communication. Language is controlled by thought, the differences ontaboo reflect the differences about thoughts of people.The thoughts of people make thetaboos exist.However,the thoughts are determined by culture.It the the differencesbetween Chinese culture and Western culture that makes the taboo different.To knowthe differences between Chinese taboo and English taboo can help us avoidmisunderstandings and make the cross-cultural communication successful. and Thepaper analyzes taboo by means of comparing the Chinese taboo with English taboo andpointing out the features,the ways of expression,pragmatic differences and the formativefactors of them,aiming at reducing unhappiness in the course of communicationbetween English and Chinese culture, avoiding pragmatic mistakes and making thecross-cultural communication effective.