Are You Superstitious? A Survey on Chinese Attitudes towards Homophonic Word Taboo
Taboo is the prohibition of an act or the use of a word under pain of punishment. Freud (2000) perceives taboo as superstition owned by the barbarians. This paper is a combination of socio-psychological and linguistic study since homophonic word taboo is a socio-linguistic phenomenon in Chinese c...
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Language: | English |
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2011
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Online Access: | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2189/1/ijas-4%2817%29-pp359-370_%283%29.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2189/ |
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Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Pahang |
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