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1、TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCultureLanguage Phenomenon:DuetothedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternculturetraditionandcustoms,thewayofgreetingis,ofcourse,notthesame.BecauseChinaisalongperiodoffarmingcommunity,thereislotof‘food’inthedailyexpression.Whenpeoplemeetwitheachother,they
2、willsay‘haveyoueaten?’forgreeting.Thiswayofgreetingisjustthesameas’hi’or‘hello’inwesterncountry.InChina,itisacommonwaytosay‘hello’,butthewesternpeopledonotthinkso.Theymaythinkthisgreetingseemstobesaying:’Ihavenothingtoeat.Comeon.Let’sgotoeatsomething.’Or‘Iwasgoingtoaskyoutomyhousefor
3、adinner.’Allinall,thismeansthatsay‘hello’invitationtodinnersometimes.Anotherwayofgreetinginchinais’whereareyougoing?’or‘wherehaveyoubeen?’InChina,thisgreetingisjustpoliteformula.Butifyouusethesesentencestogreettowesternpeople,theywillfeelunhappy.Theirreactionislikelytobe:itisnoneofyo
4、urbusiness!Westernpeoplealwaystalkabouttheweatherwhentheymeet.Suchas‘theweatherisfine.’ Theyrespecttheprivacyofothers,andwillnotaskothersprivacyissues. Analysis:Sowhatistherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture?Beforethat,weshouldfirstknowwhatlanguageisandwhatcultureis. Languageisasys
5、temofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication;culture referstothepatternsofcustoms,traditions,socialhabits,values,beliefsandlanguageofasociety. Everylanguageisinseparablefromaculture,ithastoserveandreflectculturalneeds.Differentcountrieshavedifferentcultures,anddifferentlanguag
6、e. Languageandcultureareinterdependentandinteractional.Languageisoneofthemostimportantcarriersofculture. Onthe otherhand,culturehaveagreatimpactonlanguage,thatiscultureconditioning. Peoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundfindthemselveswithdifferentcustoms,suchasthedifferentgreetingways
7、whentheymeeteachother,intheconversation,westernpeopleareunwillingtosaytheirage,income, marriage,love,fatandsoon. ButinChina,itisverynormaltotalkaboutmarriage,income,love,ageandsoon. Every society has its own culture, whichisrecord,reflectedandsymbolizedbyitslanguage. Languageandcul
8、tureevolveda
