Interpersonal Function of the Linguistic Taboo

DOI

10.2991/icemet-16.2016.424How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Linguistic taboo; interpersonal function

Abstract

The linguistic taboo, as a part of language, is prohibited to be violated according to the linguistics. With the development of human society, it evolves new functions. The thesis, on the basis of the functional linguistics, analyzes the interpersonal function of linguistic taboos and reveals that the linguistic taboo does not only regulate the participants' speech act by observance, but also has various function by violation, such as to strengthen power and intensity, to relieve spiritual tension, to indicate attitude and to relieve spiritual tension.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yao Zhao
AU  - Wei Zhang
PY  - 2016/05
DA  - 2016/05
TI  - Interpersonal Function of the Linguistic Taboo
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Economy, Management and Education Technology
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1849
EP  - 1852
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icemet-16.2016.424
DO  - 10.2991/icemet-16.2016.424
ID  - Zhao2016/05
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