跨文化交际选修课2015-2.pptVIP

Language and culture It’s impossible to separate our use of language from our culture. Language is a set of symbols and the rules for combining those symbols that are used and understood by a large of community of people. When we study another language, we soon discover not only symbols and sounds, but there are rules such as grammar, syntax, and intonation. – Language have a major impact on the way individual perceives and conceptualized the world. 不可望文生义的英文 1.Do you have a family? 你有孩子吗？ 2.It’s a good father that knows his son.? 就算是最好的父亲，也未必了解自己的儿子。 3.I have no opinion of that sort of man.