Questions:
1. Does language form culture? 2. To what extent does language influence culture?
3. Language is influenced and shaped by culture.
The most obvious influence of culture on
The relationship between language and culture
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The same one word may stir up different associations in people with different backgrounds
nguage is part of culture.
Culture is a wider system
Culture
Language
that completely includes language as a subsystem. The relation of language to culture is that of part to whole.
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• Chinese + English = Chinglish ---English with Chinese chracteristics
The appearance of Chinglish also reflects the relationship between language and culture. It shows a special kind of relationship between English language and Chinese culture.
Cultural transmission--one of the most important design features of language. Language plays a major role in perpetuating culture (or consolidating it over time), expecially in print form.
• Dog does not eat dog. （同室不操戈） • Love me love my dog. （爱屋及乌） • Everydog has his day. （凡人皆有得 意日）
However, dog are treated differently in some other areas of the world. The word Dog elicits a quite different association because of different cultural experiences. running dog. (走狗）
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The relationship between language and culture
Language is part of culture
Language is the carrier and container of culture
Language is influenced and shaped by culture
→Language is influenced by culture.
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Conclusion:
• Now the broad recognition is that the relationship between language and culture is dialectical and bidirectional. • Every language is part of its culture, and the fuction of language is to serve the needs of culture and to reflect culture. Without doubt language is greatly infuenced by culture. • Many theories are extreme, but they all inspire us that there is still a long way for us to explore more deeply.
language can be seen in vocabulary.
•The differences between BE & AE
British English
秋天 人行道 电梯 公寓
American English
autumn pavement lift
flat
fall sidewalk elevator
Language determines culture. ( linguistic determinism ) Culture determines language. (culture determinism )
Language and culture are mutually constructed. →How?
Questions:
1. Does language belong to culture? 2. Is language thus determined by cuture?
nguage is the carrier and container of culture.
Language not only expresses facts, ideas, or events which represent similar world knowledge by its people, but also reflects the people's attitudes, beliefs, points of view and ways of life. In a word, language expresses cultural reality.
→ This example demonstrates that language
use and meaning are heavily tinted with its culture.
What is the relationship between language and culture?
Opinions:
Dog
In the United States. the word Dog in most instanses conjures up an image of s fury, domescated family pet. Most idoims connected with it also have positive meanings.