文档介绍：2016-12-21 1 Chapter 3 Language and Culture 2016-12-21 2 language and Culture ? The relationship between language and culture: Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis ? A dialectical relationship between language and culture ? Words and culture; Idioms,proverbs and culture;Syntax and culture;Discourse and culture 2016-12-21 3 ? Language is the archives of history. __ Ralph Waldo Emerson ? Words are what hold society together. __ Stuart Chase ? Thought is the blossom;language the opening bud;action the fruit behind it. __ Henry Ward Beecher ? By words the mind winged. __ Aristophanes 2016-12-21 4 The relationship between language and culture: Sapir - Whorf Hypothesis ? Different labels: linguistic determinism, the theory of linguistic relativity, the Sapir - Whorf hypothesis, the Whorfian hypothesis ? Development: – Originated in early 20 th century – reach its climax in 1950s 2016-12-21 5 Sapir - Whorf Hypothesis ? The “ firm ” or deterministic version of the hypothesis: language determines how people perceive the world; language is the originator of culture; perceive the world differently ? The “ softer ” version: language shapes how people think and experience their world ? This hypothesis in essence states that language is a guide to “ social reality ”. 2016-12-21 6 A dialectical relationship between language and culture(see textbook P147.) ? It is impossible to separate the use of a language from the culture in which the language is deeply embedded. ? The interwoven relationship between language and culture has a dual sense: 2016-12-21 7 A dialectical relationship between language and culture ? is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. ? is influenced and shaped by culture; it reflects culture. 2016-12-21 8 A dialectical relationship between language and culture ? Learning a foreign languag