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1、TherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureIntroductionLanguageistheimportantmeansofcommunication,anditisthecarrierofcultureandapartofculture,anylanguagewasbornwithformationofitsculture,developswiththedevelopmentofculture,andinmostcases,perisheswithdeathofitsculture
2、.1.Language,asaconcretesystemofsigns,hasitsownsignificanceintheculturecommunicationIthaslongbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimportanceofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingindispensable.1.1LanguageisasystemTheimport
3、antoflanguagetothestudyinterculturalcommunicationisclearlycapturedintheAmericanpoetRalphWaldoEmerson’ssimplesentence“Languageisthearchivesofhistory.”Hisdeclarationtakesonaddedsignificancewhenwerealizethatoneofthemajorcharacteristicsidentifyingusashumanisourabilit
4、ytouselanguage–tomakesoundsandmarksserveassubstitutesforthingsandfeelings.Overmillionsofyears,wehaveevolvedtheanatomynecessarytoproduceandreceivesoundshavetakenonmeaningbyrepresentingthings,feelings,andideas.Thiscombinationofevolutionandculturehasledtothedevelopm
5、entofafour-partprocessthatenablesusshareourinternalstateswithotherhumanbeings.Inshort,wecanreceive,store,manipulate,andgeneratesymbolstorepresentourpersonalizedrealities.1.2TheimportanceoflanguageLanguageisextremelyimportanttohumaninteractionbecauseitishowwereach
6、outtomakecontractwithoursurroundings.Ifweweretosurveyanormalday,wewouldsoonseethatweusewordsforawidevarietyofpurposeswemayuselanguagewhenwefirstawake:“Goodmorning!”Weusewordsasawaytowritewiththeoutsideworld.Orwemayusewordstoshareanunpleasantexperienceandtogetsupp
7、ortfromother:“LetmetellyouaboutthehorribledreamIhadlastnight.”Thisexamplealsodemonstrateshowweemploywordstorelatetothepast,thatis,totalkaboutsomethingthathasalreadyhappened.Weusewordssothatwecanexperiencesomecontroloverthepresent:“pleasepassmethe14saltandpepper.”
8、Weeachseektoaffectourenvironment,toinfluencemanylfthedailysituationsinwhichwefindourselves.Words,andhowwemanipulatethem,permitustomakethosealterationsthroughsy
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