跨文化交际复习unit 5

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1、2012-2013InterculturalCommunicationsContentsUnit1CommunicationAcrossCultures---AnIntroductionUnit2CultureandCommunicationUnit3DailyVerbalCommunicationUnit4VerbalCommunicationUnit5LanguageandCultureUnit6NonverbalCommunicationUnit7CulturalDifferencesUnit8InterculturalAdaptationUnit5LanguageandCulturec

2、eliadan22@yahoo.com.cn1.Warm-upExercises1)Proverbsandsayings2)Wordplay3)Casestudy4)QuestionsThelimitsofmylanguagearethelimitsofmyworld.Languagemostshowsaman.Speak,thatImayseethee.---BenJohnsonThesumofhumanwisdomisnotcontainedinanyonelanguage,andnosinglelanguageiscapableofexpressingallformsanddegrees

3、ofhumancomprehension.---EzraPoundWarm-up:Proverbsandsayings2.TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCultureLanguagehasadualcharacter:itisbothameansofcommunicationandacarrierofculture.Culture:totalityofbeliefsandpracticesofasociety,nothingisofgreaterstrategicimportancethanthelanguagethroughwhichitsbeliefsa

4、reexpressedandtransmittedandbywhichmostcommunicationofitsmemberstakesplace.2.1languageisapartofcultureandplaysaveryimportantroleinit.Therelationoflanguagetocultureisthatofparttowhole.Afilm-maker:“Adifferentlanguageisadifferentviewoflife.”Language:thekeystoneofculture2.2languageisinfluencedandshapedb

5、ycultureanditreflectsculture.“Inthebroadestsense,languageisthesymbolicrepresentationofagroupofpeople,anditconsistsoftheirhistoricalculturalbackgroundsaswellastheirwaysoflivingandthinking”.3.Sapir-WhorfHypothesisEdwardSapir(1884-1939)andBenjaminLeeWhorf(1897-1941)thestrongnotionoflinguisticdeterminis

6、m:languagedeterminesthoughtthenotionoflinguisticrelativism:speakersofdifferentlanguagesperceiveandexperiencetheworlddifferentlyLinguisticevidenceofculturaldifferences:a.Colorwordsb.MetaphorandAssociationc.Euphemism&taboosd.Termsofaddress…4.Linguisticevidenceofculturaldifferences---culturallyloadedwo

7、rds1)Colorwords---“Colorful”language2)MetaphorandAssociation3)Euphemisms4)Taboos5)KinshiptermsandtermsofaddressConnotationsofwordsColortermsChineseEnglishRED/红色wedding;brightwithhappiness;cheerfulness