文档介绍：An Analysis on the Relationship between Culture and Language
1. Introduction
In recent years, with the development of transportation munication, the world is shrinking to be a “global village”. Opportunities which people from different cultures may take to contact with each other are quickly growing. When municate, language es essential and the need for further understanding of cultural differences has arisen. Therefore, the relationship between culture and language has e a hot topic. There are at present many linguistics and cultural experts doing their researching on it. In order to make a good discussion about the close relationship of these two, I will first make it clear what is culture and what is language respectively, and further make a sound analysis on their relationship.
2. Culture
Definition of culture
Many philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists and linguists tried from different fields to make a definition for culture as perfect as possible.
Geertz defines culture as a historically transmitted work constructed by human which allows them to develop, communicate and perpetuate their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about the world.(Geertz, 1973:89)
Pioneering anthropologist Edward Tylor in 1920 put forward a classic definition of culture which defines that culture is pound which includes knowledge, belief, geography, art, law, morals, customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.(Chang Zhonglin, 2003:21)
Kramsch offers three definitions in her book language and culture in the following: in a munity that shares mon social space and history, and mon system of standards for perceiving, believing , evaluating and acting. 2. The munity itself. 3. The system of standards itself. (Kramsch, 1998:127)
Culture is more or less synonymous with civilization. It rests ultimately upon the classical conception of what constitutes excellence in art, literatu
re, manners and social institutions. C