跨文化交际上课内容unit4

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1、IReview1.WhatistheHofstedemodelofculturalpattern?2.Whatishigh-contextcommunicationandwhatislow-contextcommunication?Howaboutthemajordifferencesbetweenahigh-contextcultureandalow-contextone?UnitFourLanguageandCultureI.WarmUpPleasereadthehumorousdialoguesonpage118,thentr

2、ytotranslatethemintoChinese.CantheyberenderedinChineseashumorousastheoriginal?II.LanguageandCulture1.Readthearticleof“HowIsLanguageRelatedtoCulture”.Whatdoyouthinkistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture?1)therelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture:Cultureandlanguagear

3、eintertwined相互交错andshapeeachother.Itisimpossibletoseparatethetwo.Languageisnotamatterofneutralcodesandgrammaticalrules.Eachtimeweselectwords,formsentences,andsendamessage,eitheroralorwritten,wealsomakeculturalchoices.Thus,wehavetobeawareoftheculturalimplicationsoftheph

4、raseifwewanttoavoidattributingaverydifferentmeaningtoitorinterpret解释itliterally.第12页共12页1)Functionsoflanguage:e.g.questions:askingforinformation–informationquestionsalubricant润滑剂tomovetheconversationforward–socialquestionsExamples:Howareyou?吃了吗?2)Themeaningofthewordsco

5、mesoutofthecontext,theculturalusage用法.①Languagereflectstheenvironmentinwhichwelive.Example:self-introductionofGermansandAmericans②Languagereflectsculturalvalues.3)Problems:①Therearenosuchequivalentsbetweenlanguages,andwetranslateconceptsfromaforeignlanguageandculturewi

6、thwordsthatfitourpriorities优先顺序.Thereforetocommunicateconceptseffectively,culturalknowledgeisasimportantaslinguisticknowledge.Examples:manana/tomorrowkinshipterms亲属称谓(E&C)p125-126②Sometimesdifferentculturesuseidentical完全相同wordsthathaveratherdifferentmeanings.Examples:a

7、dministration,director,forcemajeure4)Languagechangesovertime.Wordsandphrasesthatareused第12页共12页commonlyatonetimemaybediscontinuedortheirmeaningmaychangeovertime.1)Alanguage,ifspokenindifferentpartsoftheglobe,ultimatelywilldevelopdifferently.Examples;pidginEnglishes2.Re

8、adthearticleof“Language-and-Culture,TwoSidesoftheSameCoin”.Howdoeslanguagereflecttheculture?1)Languageandculturearecl