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Do We Share the Same Taboos? Cultural Influence on Language Choice by Man-Ping Chu

Oct 31, 2009 Author: admin | Filed under: General

ABSTRACT

Taboos are established in a society to avoid harmful consequences to their people either because the non-verbal or verbal behavior violates a code based on supernatural beliefs or it violates the moral code of the society. According to Adler (1989), taboos are subject to the environment and they are language-specific. (more…)