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1、CulturalDifferenceandDistinctiveConversationAbstract:Itiswellknownthatdifferentcountrieshavedifferentcultures.Theculturaldifferenceinevitablyhasimpactonlanguage.Firstofall,languageisapartofculture,aswellasthecarrierofculture.Itscontentandformareinfluencedandrestr
2、ictedbyculture.Alsolanguageisthebasicelementinpeople'dailyconversation.Asaresult,thediversityofcultureindifferentnationsleadstodistinctiveconversation,whichreflectsinmanyaspects,suchascontent,patternandexc.Chineseusuallytalkaboutthetopicwhichareages,incomes,marri
3、age,butthepeopleinwesterncountriesregarditastaboosandnotbeallowedtotalkabout;Inthewayofexpressing,theforeignerscomestraightlytothepoints,however,Chinesechoosetheindirectwaysandexplaintoomuchbeforetheirtopic.Asaresult,thereexiststhedistinctiveconversationbetweenCh
4、inaandwesterncountries.Keywords:language;culturaldifference;China;westerncountries;conversation.IntroductionLanguageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolusedforhumancommunication,andisameaningofexpressingculturalcustoms,aswellasapartoflanguage.languagecannotseparatefro
5、mculturetobeindependent.cultureisthedepositofknowledge,experience,beliefsvalueactionattitudes,meaninghierarchies,religionnotionsofthetime,spatialrelations,conceptsoftheuniverseandartifactacquiredbygroupofpeopleinthecourseofgenerationsthroughindividualandgroupstav
6、ing.Inaccordancewiththedefinitionoflanguageandculture,Ibelievethatlanguageisaffectedbylanguageandreflectstheculture.Thelanguageisthebasisofculture,nolanguage,noculture.whatismore,thedifferentnationshaveitsownwayofthinking,values,concepts,habitsandbehavior,whichar
7、etheelementsoftheircultures.Thenitiscalledasculturaldifference.Asaresult,theymustcommunicatewithothernation’speopleundertheconditionofunderstandingtheuniqueculturalbackgroundandthelanguagefeatures.Inevitably,peoplefromdifferentcountrieshavedistinctiveconversation
8、s.Thismainlyrevealsinmanyaspects.Suchasthecontentsofconversation,thewayofexpressing,thesameobjectindifferentunderstanding.Aboveall,areaffectedbyculturaldiffere