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1、AnAnalysisontheRelationshipbetweenCultureandLanguage1.IntroductionInrecentyears,withthedevelopmentoftransportationandcommunication,theworldisshrinkingtobea“globalvillage”.Opportunitieswhichpeoplefromdifferentculturesmaytaketocontactwitheachotherarequicklygrowing.Whe
2、ntheycommunicate,languagebecomesessentialandtheneedforfurtherunderstandingofculturaldifferenceshasarisen.Therefore,therelationshipbetweencultureandlanguagehasbecomeahottopic.Thereareatpresentmanylinguisticsandculturalexpertsdoingtheirresearchingonit.Inordertomakeago
3、oddiscussionaboutthecloserelationshipofthesetwo,Iwillfirstmakeitclearwhatiscultureandwhatislanguagerespectively,andfurthermakeasoundanalysisontheirrelationship.2.Culture2.1DefinitionofcultureManyphilosophers,sociologists,anthropologistsandlinguiststriedfromdifferent
4、fieldstomakeadefinitionforcultureasperfectaspossible.Geertzdefinescultureasahistoricallytransmittedsemioticnetworkconstructedbyhumanwhichallowsthemtodevelop,communicateandperpetuatetheirknowledge,beliefsandattitudesabouttheworld.(Geertz,1973:89)Pioneeringanthropolog
5、istEdwardTylorin1920putforwardaclassicdefinitionofculturewhichdefinesthatcultureisacompoundwhichincludesknowledge,belief,geography,art,law,morals,customsandanyothercapabilitiesandhabitsacquiredbymanasamemberofsociety.(ChangZhonglin,2003:21)Kramschoffersthreedefiniti
6、onsinherbooklanguageandcultureinthefollowing:1.Membershipinadiscoursecommunitythatsharesacommonsocialspaceandhistory,andacommonsystemofstandardsforperceiving,believing,evaluatingandacting.2.Thediscoursecommunityitself.3.Thesystemofstandardsitself.(Kramsch,1998:127)C
7、ultureismoreorlesssynonymouswithcivilization.Itrestsultimatelyupontheclassicalconceptionofwhatconstitutesexcellenceinart,literature,mannersandsocialinstitutions.Culturereferstothetotalpatternofbeliefs,customs,andtechniquesthatcharacterizethelifeofaparticularsociety.
8、Inaworditisthetotalwayoflifeofasociety.(張萊湘,2005:221)Theword“culture”inChineseconsistsoftwocharacterswen(文)andhua(化).Theformermeant:“textu