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1、TherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureIntroductionLanguageistheimportantmeansofcommunication,anditisthecarrierofcultureandapartofculture,anylanguagewasbornwithformationofitsculture,developswiththedevelopmentofculture,andinmostcases,perisheswithdeathofitsculture.1.Language,asaconcretesystemof
2、signs,hasitsownsignificanceintheculturecommunicationIthaslongbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimportanceofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingindispensable.1.1LanguageisasystemTheimportantoflanguagetothestudyinterculturalcommunicationisclearlycapt
3、uredintheAmericanpoetRalphWaldoEmerson’ssimplesentence“Languageisthearchivesofhistory.”Hisdeclarationtakesonaddedsignificancewhenwerealizethatoneofthemajorcharacteristicsidentifyingusashumanisourabilitytouselanguage–tomakesoundsandmarksserveassubstitutesforthingsandfeelings.Overmillionsofyears
4、,wehaveevolvedtheanatomynecessarytoproduceandreceivesoundshavetakenonmeaningbyrepresentingthings,feelings,andideas.Thiscombinationofevolutionandculturehasledtothedevelopmentofafour-partprocessthatenablesusshareourinternalstateswithotherhumanbeings.Inshort,wecanreceive,store,manipulate,andgener
5、atesymbolstorepresentourpersonalizedrealities.1.2TheimportanceoflanguageLanguageisextremelyimportanttohumaninteractionbecauseitishowwereachouttomakecontractwithoursurroundings.Ifweweretosurveyanormalday,wewouldsoonseethatweusewordsforawidevarietyofpurposeswemayuselanguagewhenwefirstawake:“Good
6、morning!”Weusewordsasawaytowritewiththeoutsideworld.Orwemayusewordstoshareanunpleasantexperienceandtogetsupportfromother:“LetmetellyouaboutthehorribledreamIhadlastnight.”Thisexamplealsodemonstrateshowweemploywordstorelatetothepast,thatis,totalkaboutsomethingthathasalreadyhappened.Weusewordssot
7、hatwecanexperiencesomecontroloverthepresent:“pleasepassmethe14saltandpepper.”Weeachseektoaffectourenvironment,toinfluencemanylfthedailysituationsinwhichwefindourselves.Words,andhowwemanipulatethem,permitustomakethosealterationsthroughsy
