新编跨文化英语交际Unit4-01Language_and_Culture浅析.ppt

Unit4-01 What is Language 1)a system of communication that enables humans to cooperate. 2) a formal system of symbols governed by grammatical rules combining particular signs with particular meanings. 3)a particular set of sentences that can be generated from a particular set of rules. ----Noam Chomsky What is Culture? culture is taken as an integrated system of learned behavior patterns which are characteristics of the members of a society and which are not the result of biological inheritance. Some describe that culture is a system of shared beliefs, values,