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1、AnAnalysisontheRelationshipbetweenCultureandLanguage1.IntroductionInrecentyears，withthedevelopmentoftransportationandcommunication,theworldisshrinkingtobea“globalvillage”.Opportunitieswhichpeoplefromdifferentculturesmaytaketocontactwitheachotherarequicklygrowi
2、ng.Whentheycommunicate,languagebecomesessentialandtheneedforfurtherunderstandingofculturaldifferenceshasarisen.Therefore,therelationshipbetweencultureandlanguagehasbecomeahottopic.Thereareatpresentmanylinguisticsandculturalexpertsdoingtheirresearchingonit.Inor
3、dertomakeagooddiscussionaboutthecloserelationshipofthesetwo,Iwillfirstmakeitclearwhatiscultureandwhatislanguagerespectively,andfurthermakeasoundanalysisontheirrelationship.2.Culture2.1DefinitionofcultureManyphilosophers,sociologists,anthropologistsandlinguists
4、triedfromdifferentfieldstomakeadefinitionforcultureasperfectaspossible.Geertzdefinescultureasahistoricallytransmittedsemioticnetworkconstructedbyhumanwhichallowsthemtodevelop,communicateandperpetuatetheirknowledge,beliefsandattitudesabouttheworld.(Geertz，1973:
5、89)PioneeringanthropologistEdwardTylorin1920putforwardaclassicdefinitionofculturewhichdefinesthatcultureisacompoundwhichincludesknowledge,belief,geography,art,law,morals,customsandanyothercapabilitiesandhabitsacquiredbymanasamemberofsociety.(ChangZhonglin,2003
6、:21)Kramschoffersthreedefinitionsinherbooklanguageandcultureinthefollowing:1.Membershipinadiscoursecommunitythatsharesacommonsocialspaceandhistory，andacommonsystemofstandardsforperceiving,believing，evaluatingandacting.2.Thediscoursecommunityitself.3.Thesystemo
7、fstandardsitself.(Kramsch,1998:127)Cultureismoreorlesssynonymouswithcivilization.Itrestsultimatelyupontheclassicalconceptionofwhatconstitutesexcellenceinart,literature,mannersandsocialinstitutions.Culturereferstothetotalpatternofbeliefs,customs,andtechniquesth
8、atcharacterizethelifeofaparticularsociety.Inaworditisthetotalwayoflifeofasociety.（张莱湘,2005：221）Theword“culture”inChineseconsistsoftwocharacterswen（文）andhua（化）•Theformermeant:“textu
