英美禁忌语及其文化根源

British and English taboo language and its cultural origin

在不同的国家,不同的文化底蕴下,禁忌语的由来也大有不同。虽然禁忌语也属于语言的一部分,但由于它在英语里的特殊性,因此也是人们有所避忌的语言。我们平常会发现,有的人外语掌握得非常好,能够与人沟通畅通无阻,但这不一定能达到很好的交际目的。其中一个最主要的原因就是对该国的文化习俗了解得不够深入透彻,特别是一旦无意地使用了禁忌语,就会触犯到该社会的禁忌,从而难以与该社会的人们进行正常的交流,造成不同程度的交际障碍甚至是交际的失败。因此,本文主要从英美禁忌语的主要类型、禁忌语的特点,指出禁忌语潜在的文化根源。

In the different countries, different cultures, the origin of taboo is different. Although the taboos are a part of language, because of its particularity in English, so the people will also have taboo language. We usually find, some learning foreign language is very good, can communicate with people smoothly, but it can not achieve good communicative purpose. One of the main reasons is have not thorough enough the country's knowledge of cultural traditions, especially if inadvertently used the taboo, will violate the social taboos, cause the communication obstacle of different level and even the failure of communication. Therefore, this article mainly from the main types of taboo, the characteristics of taboo, points out the potential source of taboo culture.