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 Chapter 3 Language and Culture 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 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 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 20th century reach its climax in 1950s 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”. 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: A dialectical relationship between language and culture 1.Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. 2.Language is influenced and shaped by culture; it reflects culture. A dialectical relationship between language and culture Learning a foreign language is inseparable from learning its culture. Eg.“intellectual”知识分子:There are important differences in what this word means in different