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PRAGMATIC FAILURE CAUSED BY WESTERN SUPERSTITIOUS TABOO AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING By Wang Yan Under the supervision of Prof. Zhu Yue A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts to the School of Foreign Studies Anhui University April, 2008 Acknowledgements Any thesis inevitably owes a great deal to its predecessors in the field. The intellectual debt is, of course, most evident in the citations and quoted materials. There are, however, always individuals I feel obliged to specifically mention to express my gratitude for their direct impact on my study. First, my special gratitude goes to my supervisor, Professor Zhu Yue, who has aroused my great interest in linguistics. What is more, he not only teaches me linguistic knowledge, but also the serious attitude towards work and study. At every step in the development of this thesis, he suggests a lot of helpful ideas to help me finish the thesis. His insightful suggestions and directions, together with his encouragement, have changed my merely vague thoughts into fully spelled-out theories. Second, I would like to convey my thanks to Professor Zhou Fangzhu, whose lectures have provided me with general knowledge of translation theory and practical translation skills; to Professor Zhang Ming, who has fascinated me by his lectures on fussy linguistics; to Professor Zhu Xiaomei, fr