A Little Wee Bit of Introduction
What are taboos? What can be considered as taboos? What factors influence a word's functions and meanings in a particular cultural setting and society?
Every civilizations and cultures in this world has certain restrictions in their language and the topics they talk about. These things could be anything that the particular society views as improper and forbidden.
However, to somehow balance things out, taboos can be used positively or negatively with the usage of euphemism. Euphemism replaces the taboo words which are abused by users with a more subtle and appropriate word to be used in that context.
This blog will try to cover these aspects of the language, specifically in the Malay culture and social traditions.
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The Reasons
There are a few reasons why we chose this theme..
First one - It's particularly interesting.
Second one - It is deeply related to cultural and social factors. Hence why it is interesting.
Third one - The expressions used are funny and amusing, making it even more interesting.
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Taboo and Malay tradition.
ReplyDeleteTeoh JI.
According to Malinowski there are no peoples, however primitive, without religion and magic; nor are there any societies lacking either in the scientific attitude or in science (Blumberg 1963). Magic and taboo are resorted to when through the normal use of science, or rational techniques, man is unable to control unpredictable events important to him. Where there is difficulty in predicting the outcome of behaviour, where the results of action are not consonant with effort, where there are great limitions on man's knowledge of vital issues, magical techniques are employed--in short, where circumstances of life are uncertain, uncontrolled and unknown. Magic and animism are systems of thought which give not only the explanation of a single phenomenon, but make it possible to comprehend the totality of the world from one point, as a continuity. Of the three systems of thought--animistic, religious and scientific--animism is perhaps the most consistent and the most exhaustive, the one which explains the world in its entirety.
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