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1、AnAnalysisontheRelationshipbetweenCultureandLanguage1.IntroductionInrecentyears,withthedevelopmentoftransportationandcommunication,theworldisshrinkingtobea“globalvillage”.Opportunitieswhichpeoplefromdifferentculturesmaytaketocontactwitheachotherarequicklygrowing.Wh
2、entheycommunicate,languagebecomesessentialandtheneedforfurtherunderstandingofculturaldifferenceshasarisen.Therefore，therelationshipbetweencultureandlanguagehasbecomeahottopic.Thereareatpresentmanylinguisticsandculturalexpertsdoingtheirresearchingonit.Inordertomakea
3、gooddiscussionaboutthecloserelationshipofthesetwo,Iwillfirstmakeitclearwhatiscultureandwhatislanguagerespectively，andfurthermakeasoundanalysisontheirrelationship.2.Culture2.1DefinitionofcultureManyphilosophers，sociologists,anthropologistsandlinguiststriedfromdiffer
4、entfieldstomakeadefinitionforcultureasperfectaspossible.Geertzdefinescultureasahistoricallytransmittedsemioticnetworkconstructedbyhumanwhichallowsthemtodevelop，communicateandperpetuatetheirknowledge,beliefsandattitudesabouttheworld.(Geertz,1973:89)Pioneeringanthrop
5、ologistEdwardTylorin1920putforwardaclassicdefinitionofculturewhichdefinesthatcultureisacompoundwhichincludesknowledge,belief,geography，art，law,morals，customsandanyothercapabilitiesandhabitsacquiredbymanasamemberofsociety.(ChangZhonglin,2003:21)Kramschoffersthreedef
6、initionsinherbooklanguageandcultureinthefollowing:1.Membershipinadiscoursecommunitythatsharesacommonsocialspaceandhistory,andacommonsystemofstandardsforperceiving,believing,evaluatingandacting.2.Thediscoursecommunityitself.3.Thesystemofstandardsitself.(Kramsch,1998
7、:127)Cultureismoreorlesssynonymouswithcivilization.Itrestsultimatelyupontheclassicalconceptionofwhatconstitutesexcellenceinart,literature，mannersandsocialinstitutions.Culturereferstothetotalpatternofbeliefs，customs，andtechniquesthatcharacterizethelifeofaparticulars
8、ociety.Inaworditisthetotalwayoflifeofasociety.（张莱湘，2005：221）Theword“culture”inChineseconsistsoftwocharacterswen（文）andhua（化）.Theformermeant:“textu
