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1、MultinationalculturesandEnglishvocabulary1.IntroductionLanguage,asaspecialformofculture,willdevelopitselfbyabsorbingthevaluableelementsfromotherculturesandlanguages.Inmythesis,IwouldintroducethemultinationalculturalinfluencessuchasthecultureofFrench,Latin,Gr
2、eek,Scandinavian,ChineseandothersonEnglishvocabulary,andtheEnglish-speakingcountriesasCanadian,AustralianandnewZealandcultures,madegreatcontributionstoEnglishvocabulary.TheseculturesinfluencedEnglishvocabularyindifferenthistorystages,anddifferentfields.Aslan
3、guageisthecarrieroftheculture,thespreadingofculturesdependsonthecommunicatingoflanguages.Thepurposeofalanguageenrichingitsvocabularyisforstudyingandabsorbingtheadvancedculture.Thatistosay,theenrichedvocabularyreflectedthecultureespeciallytheadvancedcultureof
4、acountry.ThethesisalsointroducessomewaysthroughwhichthemultinationalculturesenteredEnglishvocabulary.ThemostimportantthingistohaveaparticularunderstandingonEnglishvocabularyandhistory,bythestudyofforeignvocabulary.332.CultureandVocabulary2.1TheDefinitionofCu
5、ltureTherehavebeenmorethan160descriptionsaboutculture,butthereisacommonunderstanding,cultureincludesthebroadsenseandthenarrowsense.Inthebroadsense,cultureisthesumofthehumansocietywithpracticalactivitiesandimperishablespirit.Inthenarrowsense,cultureisakindofe
6、xpressionsofalanguage.someexpertsbelievethatcultureisacomplexentity,representingitselfineconomy,art,religion,scientificknowledge,morality,habitsandpsychologyetc.inacertainperiodoftime.Someconsiderthatcultureshouldbedividedintotwoparts:thefirstoneis“cultureof
7、capitalletter”,theotheroneis“cultureofsmallletter”.The“cultureofcapitalletter”includesart,literature,music,architecture,philosophy,andtechnologyetc.whichdirectlyreflecteveryaspectofhumancivilization.The“cultureofsmallletter”includescustomsandhabits,lifestyle
8、,codeofconduct,socialcustom,thewayoftheworld,thesocialorganizationandthecorrelativityetc.Culturehasbeenenrichedandconsummatedwiththedevelopmentofsocialhistory.Atdifferentstageofsocialhistory,cul
