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1、Introduction:Wecanreceive,store,manipulate,andgeneratesymbolstorepresentourpersonalizedrealities.Foursectionsinthischapter:5.1TheimportanceofLanguage5.2LanguageandCulture5.3ForeignLanguagesandTranslation5.4LanguageDiversityintheUnitedStatesIII:FromTheorytoPracticeCh
2、apterFive-LanguageandCulture:WordsandMeaningsThoughtistheblossom;languagetheopeningbud;actionthefruitbehindit5.1TheimportanceofLanguageLanguageishowwereachouttomakecontactwithoursurroundings.Wordscanexercisesomecontroloverthepresent;wordsalsousetoformimagesofthefutu
3、re.Weusewordstopersuade,toexchangeideas,toexpressviews,toseekinformation,andtoexpressfeelings.Wecanconveysomeaspectsofourselvesnonverballythroughfacialexpression,gestures,ortouching.5.1TheimportanceofLanguageIt’simpossibletoseparateouruseoflanguagefromourculture.Lan
4、guageisasetofsymbolsandtherulesforcombiningthosesymbolsthatareusedandunderstoodbyalargeofcommunityofpeople.Whenwestudyanotherlanguage,wesoondiscovernotonlysymbolsandsounds,buttherearerulessuchasphonology,grammar,syntax,andintonation.–Languagehaveamajorimpactontheway
5、individualperceivesandconceptualizedtheworld.5.2LanguageandCultureSapir-Whorfhypothesisstatesthatlanguageisaguideto“socialreality”.Thehypothesisimpliesthatlanguageisnotasimplyameansofreportingexperiencebut,moreimportant,it’sawayofdefiningexperience.Languageisareflec
6、tionofculture,andcultureisareflectionoflanguage.5.2LanguageandCulture5.2LanguageandCulture–CultureandMeaningEachwordshasdifferentmeanings,butawordcanhavedifferentmeanings.Peoplehavesimilarmeaningsonlytotheextentthattheyhavehadorcananticipatesimilarexperiences.5.2Lan
7、guageandCulture–CultureandtheUseofLanguageSpanish:CherishtheartofconversationanddelightinverbalplayAcknowledgethefuture’suncertaintybyinferringprobabilityGenderednounsandpronouns–representthedominanceofmalesintheMexicancultureIndirectnessandface-saving5.2Languageand
8、Culture–CultureandtheUseofLanguageAfrican:Makerichuseofproverbsasameansofteachingandperpetuatingcultureaswellasapowerfulrhetoricaldevice.5
