中西方死亡委婉语文化对比

委婉语是文化现象也是语言现象。死亡委婉语是每一个社会都要面临的问题。通过死亡委婉语的分析可以反映不同社会的文化。中西方社会在宗教、价值观和社会习俗方面有很多的不同,所以中西方的死亡委婉语就反映着这些方面的差异。分析这些差异产生的文化原因,以促进跨文化交流。

Cultural Comparison between Western and Chinese Euphemisms for Death

Euphemism is both a cultural and lingual phenomenon.Euphemism for death is a problem facing every society.Analysis on euphemisms can reflect cultures in different societies.There are many differences between Chinese and Western religions,values and social customs,which are reflected by Chinese and Western euphemisms for death.This paper analyzes the causes for the cultural differences so as to promote cross-cultural communication.