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1、TherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureIntroductionLanguageistheimportantmeansofcommunication,anditisthecarrierofcultureandapartofculture,anylanguagewasbornwithformationofitsculture,developswiththedevelopmentofculture,andinmostcases,perisheswithdeathofitsculture.1.Language,
2、asaconcretesystemofsigns,hasitsownsignificanceintheculturecommunicationIthaslongbeenrecognizedthatlanguageisanessentialandimportantpartofagivencultureandthattheimportanceofcultureuponagivenlanguageissomethingindispensable.1.1LanguageisasystemTheimportantoflanguagetothestudyi
3、nterculturalcommunicationisclearlycapturedintheAmericanpoetRalphWaldoEmerson’ssimplesentence“Languageisthearchivesofhistory.”Hisdeclarationtakesonaddedsignificancewhenwerealizethatoneofthemajorcharacteristicsidentifyingusashumanisourabilitytouselanguage–tomakesoundsandmarkss
4、erveassubstitutesforthingsandfeelings.Overmillionsofyears,wehaveevolvedtheanatomynecessarytoproduceandreceivesoundshavetakenonmeaningbyrepresentingthings,feelings,andideas.Thiscombinationofevolutionandculturehasledtothedevelopmentofafour-partprocessthatenablesusshareourinter
5、nalstateswithotherhumanbeings.Inshort,wecanreceive,store,manipulate,andgeneratesymbolstorepresentourpersonalizedrealities.1.2TheimportanceoflanguageLanguageisextremelyimportanttohumaninteractionbecauseitishowwereachouttomakecontractwithoursurroundings.Ifweweretosurveyanormal
6、day,wewouldsoonseethatweusewordsforawidevarietyofpurposeswemayuselanguagewhenwefirstawake:“Goodmorning!”Weusewordsasawaytowritewiththeoutsideworld.Orwemayusewordstoshareanunpleasantexperienceandtogetsupportfromother:“LetmetellyouaboutthehorribledreamIhadlastnight.”Thisexampl
7、ealsodemonstrateshowweemploywordstorelatetothepast,thatis,totalkaboutsomethingthathasalreadyhappened.Weusewordssothatwecanexperiencesomecontroloverthepresent:“pleasepassmethe14saltandpepper.”Weeachseektoaffectourenvironment,toinfluencemanylfthedailysituationsinwhichwefindour
8、selves.Words,andhowwemanipulatethem,permitustomakethosealterationsthroughsy
