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1、InfluenceofCultureFactorsontheEnglishLanguageLearningWebster’snewworlddictionaryoffersseveralmostfrequentlyusedsensesoftheword“language”,namely[1](a)humanspeech;(b)theabilitytocommunicatebythismeans;(c)asystemofvocalsoundsandcombinationsofsuchsoundstowhichmeaningisa
2、ttributed,usedfortheexpressionorcommunicationofthoughtsandfeelings;(d)thewrittenrepresentationofsuchasystem;[2](a)anymeansofexpressingorcommunicating,asgestures,signs,oranimassounds;(b)aspecialsetofsymbols,letters,numerals,rulesetc.usedforthetransmissionofinformatio
3、n,asinacomputer;however,togivethebarestofdefinition,languageisameansofverbalcommunication.Itisinstrumentalinthatcommunicatingbyspeakingorwritingisapurposefulact.Itissocialandconventionalinthatlanguageisasocialsemioticandcommunicationcanonlytakeplaceeffectivelyifallt
4、heusersshareabroadunderstandingofhumaninteractionincludingsuchassociatedfactorsasnonverbalcues,motivation,andsocia-culturalroles.Concerningculture,oneofthebestearlydefinitionswasgivenbyE.BTaylor,whodefinedcultureas“thatcomplexwholewhichincludesknowledge,belief,art,m
5、orals,law,custom,andanyothercapabilitiesandhabitsacquiredbymanasamemberofsociety.”Sincethen,hundredsofdefinitionshaveemergedwiththeboomingofculturestudies.Ingeneral,theword“culture”seemstohavebeenusedinthefollowingthreecategoriesofreference:Inthefirstcategory,cultur
6、eistechnicallyusedbyethnologistsandhistorianstocoverasociallyinheritedelementinthelifeofhumanbeings,whichcanbebothmaterialandspiritual.Inthiscase,culturepossessesthesameelementsasthe“civilization”ofhumanbeing,forexample,“humanculture”.Thesecondapplicationoftheterm“c
7、ulture’ismorepersonal.Itrefersto“aratheridealofindividualrefinement,builtuponacertaindegreeofassimilatedknowledgeandexperiencebutmadeupchieflyofasetoftypicalreactionsthathavethepermitofaclassandofatraditionofstanding”.Insuchasense,wehave"culturalmanner"and"culturalm
8、an".Cultureinthethirdsenseshareswithourfirsttechnicalconceptionanemphasisonthespiritualpossessionsofthegroupratheroftheindividual.Thisconc
