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1、CultureandLanguage----TheCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinese郑州大学升达经贸管理学院商用英语专业指导教师-13-Abstract Languageiscloselyrelatedtoculture.Languageexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ifweareindifferentcountries,wemustknowtheircultures.Thus,wecanusethelanguagefreely.InourEnglishstudy
2、,itisunavoidabletomeetsomedifferencesofcultureandlanguagebetweenChineseandEnglish,whichdemandthatweshouldnotonlymasterthetwolanguagesbutalsobeacquaintedwiththetwoculturesandculturaldifferencesaswell.CulturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunica
3、tion,includingaddressing,greetingandparting,compliments,apologies,thanksandsoon.ThispaperdiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish.Keyword:culturalandlanguagedifferences,communication,customculture,ChineseandEnglish-speakers -13-IntroductionAsiswellknown,languageisam
4、irror,infrontofwhichcultureisreflected.Meanwhile,cultureisalsoakindoflanguage.ManypeoplealwaysthinkthatpoorabilityofEnglishisthecauseofmisunderstandingincommunication.However,inthedailycommunicationwithourforeignfriends,lotsofpeoplewhoaregoodatEnglish,arestillconfusedduringtheirco
5、mmunication.Cultureandlanguageareimportantreasons.Becauselanguageisrelatedtoknowledge,andknowledgeinturnisrelatedtoculture.Cultureandlanguagecomplementeachother.Therealizeofcultureisaprerequisitetolearnlanguagewell.Languageisthecarrierofculture.Thedifferenceofculturemustreflectint
6、helanguageofdifferentnations.CulturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunicationlanguages,includingaddressing,greetingandparting,compliments,apologies,thanksandotheraspects.Sothispaperwilltalkaboutsomeofthedifferences.Furthermore,itwilltalkabouth
7、owtolearnwesternculture.1.CulturalDifferencesinCommunication1.1GreetingandpartingGreetingisanimportantpartindailylife.Whenpeoplemeetfriendsoracquaintances,theyoftengreeteachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishorkeepthesocialcontact.ButbecauseoftheculturaldifferencesbetweenChine
8、seandEnglish,themannerofgreetinga