Language and culture

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2. WHAT IS LANGUAGE?

A language is considered to
be a system of
communicating with other
people using sounds,
symbols and words in
expressing a meaning, idea
or thought.

3. What is culture?

WHAT IS CULTURE?
• “The set of distinctive spiritual,
material, intellectual and emotional
features of society or a social group,
and that it encompasses, in addition
to art and literature, lifestyles, ways of
living together, value systems,
traditions and beliefs.”

4. Language as a fundamental part of culture

LANGUAGE AS A FUNDAMENTAL
PART OF CULTURE
• Philosophical point of view:
flesh + blood
• Communicative point of view:
swimming skill + water
• Pragmatic point of view:
vehicle + traffic light

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7. Culture, language & thought

CULTURE, LANGUAGE &
THOUGHT
Kramsch (1998) Language & culture are
bound together in three ways:
1. Language expresses cultural reality
2. Language embodies cultural reality
3. Language symbolizes cultural reality
Moran (2001) Language & culture are
two sides of the same coin, each mirroring
the other.

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13. 我们是一家人  

我们是一家人

14. Chinese Culture

CHINESE CULTURE
• The Culture of China is one of the world‘s oldest
and most complex cultures。There are may
things which make Chinese culture unique .
Chinese cuisine :- Large variety of Chinese
cuisine comes mainly from the practice of
dynastic period, when emperors would host
banquets with 100 dishes per meal.
They still have practice to eat like
This .The meal is eaten with chopSticks.

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16. Chinese langauges

CHINESE LANGAUGES
Chinese language is written with symbols. These
symbols are called Chinese characters. Chinese
characters represent the oldest writing system in the
world. Chinese language is the oldest known
recorded language that was written on old bones
and turtle shells.
Chinese belongs to Sino-Tibetan group of
langauges
There are over 100,000 Chinese characters.
Chinese language does not have alphabets. Pinyin
is a way to write Mandarin Chinese with the Roman
alphabet.
The most difficult part when studying Chinese
language is getting your tones right and learning
how to read and write Chinese characters

17. Thank you for listening!

THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!