General Linguistics Language,Culture Society 楚军外国语学院
Language, Culture & Society 楚军 外国语学院 General Linguistics
Language and Culture:What is Culture? What is culture? --culture is a semiotic system; --culture is a communication system; --culture is a history of achievements and types of civilization produced; --culture is an epitome of values,beliefs, knowledge,behavioral patterns,ways of thinking, etc.members of a speech community share
Language and Culture: What is Culture? What is culture? --culture is a semiotic system; --culture is a communication system; --culture is a history of achievements and types of civilization produced; --culture is an epitome of values, beliefs, knowledge, behavioral patterns, ways of thinking, etc. members of a speech community share
Language and Culture:What is Culture? Another definition of culture: --Culture is defined as the deposit of knowledge, experience,beliefs,values,actions,attitudes, meanings,hierarchies,religion,notions of time, roles,spatial relations,concepts of the universe,and artifacts acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving efforts
Language and Culture: What is Culture? Another definition of culture: --Culture is defined as the deposit of knowledge, experience, beliefs, values, actions, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, spatial relations, concepts of the universe, and artifacts acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving efforts
Language and Culture:What is Culture? .Major characteristics of culture: 1)Culture is learned (through proverbs,folk tales, legends,myths,art,mass media); 2)Culture is transmitted from generation to generation; 3)Culture is based on symbols; 4)Culture is subject to change; 5)Culture is integrated; 6)Culture is ethnocentric; 7)Culture is adaptive
Language and Culture: What is Culture? • Major characteristics of culture: 1) Culture is learned (through proverbs, folk tales, legends, myths, art, mass media); 2) Culture is transmitted from generation to generation; 3) Culture is based on symbols; 4) Culture is subject to change; 5) Culture is integrated; 6) Culture is ethnocentric; 7) Culture is adaptive
How Does Language Relate to Culture? There exists a close relationship between language and culture. --most language is contained within culture,'a society's language is an aspect of its culture...the relation of language to culture is that of part to whole'. (Goodenough,1957) At the start of the 20th century,an Anthropological orientation in the study of language was developed in England and North America. In England,Malinowski and Firth can be regarded as the pioneers of this movement. Boas,Sapir and Whorf are naturally seen as the representatives of North American tradition
How Does Language Relate to Culture? • There exists a close relationship between language and culture. --most language is contained within culture, ‘a society’s language is an aspect of its culture…the relation of language to culture is that of part to whole’. (Goodenough, 1957) • At the start of the 20th century, an Anthropological orientation in the study of language was developed in England and North America. • In England, Malinowski and Firth can be regarded as the pioneers of this movement. • Boas, Sapir and Whorf are naturally seen as the representatives of North American tradition