Abstract:The prevalence of intercultural communication is underpinned by the ongoing globalisation of contemporary communication. As an important branch of sociolinguistics, the issue of Chinese-English taboos has become typical of the study of intercultural communication. Based on the different linguistic features of the Chinese and English languages, and the obvious differences in such features, the two are constantly confronted with the confrontation and challenge of taboo language in intercultural communication, no… Show more
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