从英汉禁忌语的对比看中西方宗教文化的差异--以“死亡”为例

摘要

Taboo is a cultural phenomenon in human society.As different religious belief between the Eastern and Western countries,people have different conception of death,therefore euphemism for death abounds in Chinese and English.This thesis makes a comprehensive study focused on English and Chinese different expressions for death in the perspective of taboo with different religious culture.The main purpose is to have a better understanding of taboo for death,and it helps to smooth cross -cultural communication.