1、LINGO LINGO 教教 程程1Language and cultureFor Lemon GrassLINGO LINGO 教教 程程2What is language,what is culture and the relationship between them.Dialect(方言)in different culture.Idioms(俗语)in different culture.Chinese+English=Chinglish(中国式英语)The significance of cultural learning in learning languageConclusio
2、n OutlineLINGO LINGO 教教 程程3What is Language?Language is a purely human and non-instinctive method of communicating ideas,emotions,and desires by a system of voluntarily produced symbols.These symbols are auditory and are produced by the organs of speech.Sociologists think that language is social beh
3、avior and language has a social function,both as a means of communication and also a way of identifying social groups.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程4What is culture?In a broad way,culture means the total way of life of a person,including the patter of belief,customs,objects,institutions,techniques,and language t
4、hat characterizes the life of human community.In a narrow way,culture may refer to local or specific practice,beliefs or customs,which can be mostly found in folk culture,enterprise culture of food culture and so on.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程5Relationship between language and cultureLanguage is part of cultu
5、re.Language is the carrier and container of culture.Language is influenced and shaped by culture.Every people have its distinct language and culture.Different cultures make their different ideas,values and beliefs reflected in different languages.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程6Dialect in different cultureDialect
6、 is a mirror of culture.It reflects different culture in different area.Dialect is the form of language that is spoken in one area with grammar,words and pronunciation that may be different from other forms of the same language.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程7Dialect in different cultureDifferent town has differe
7、nt dialect.If 2 persons coming from different place do not learn Putonghua,they will confused by separate dialect.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程8Dialect in different culturePeople in North America of different areas speak different English.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程9Idioms in different cultureIdioms as a special form of
8、language exit in both of them and carry a large amount of cultural information such as history,geography,and religion,custom,nationality psychology,thought pattern and etc,and therefore are closely related to culture.Idioms basically comes from the folk,and to a great extent,reflects a nationalitys
9、cultural characteristics,and the different nationalitys experience of life and the national languages.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程10For exampleBritain Island is surrounded by sea.Thats the reason that words or terms about sea and boat are rich,such as smooth sailing,all at sea;ship,ferry,canoe,barge,yawl.LINGO
10、 LINGO 教教 程程11For exampleOn the contrary,Chinese people have been living in the Asia Island for thousands of years and agriculture has a long history.They have mysterious and awesome feeling toward sea.We can know from the terms 海水不可斗量,海底捞针,茫茫大海,烟波浩渺。And there are many terms deriving from farming.Fo
11、r instance 种豆南山下,草盛豆苗稀,解甲归田。LINGO LINGO 教教 程程12Some idiomsTo keep ones head above water(奋力图强)All at sea(不知所措)A pack of rogues(狐朋狗友)You are a lucky dog(你是一个幸运儿)Every dog has his three day(凡人皆有得意日)Old dog will not learn new tricks(老人学不了新东西)God helps those who help themselves(天助自助者)Go to hell(下地狱去吧)Pan
12、doras box(潘多拉的盒子)To rest on ones oars(暂时歇一歇)LINGO LINGO 教教 程程13Chinese+English=ChinglishChinglish(中国式英语)is more and more popular in Chinese lives.The appearance of Chinglish is also reflecting the relationship between language and culture.Certainly,it shows a special kind of relationship between Eng
13、lish language and Chinese culture.The wind of Chinglish sweeps across the country especially on the internet.Now almost all the people know it and will use it once in a while.Even the westerners start to accept it gradually.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程14For example好好学习天天向上 Day day up,good good study.好久不见 Long
14、time no see.让我看看 Let me see.给你点颜色看看 Give you some color see see.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程15Conclusion on Chinglish Different language merges into different language and different culture,which is likely to develop a new kind of language.Language is a communicative tool and has been staying develop and chang
15、e.As long as we can understand the meaning of peoples words and have no trouble to normal conversation.A language does reflect the culture of a society,but only in certain aspects,especially in its hierarchy of vocabulary and its discourse patterns.Changes in culture result in new types of discourse
16、LINGO LINGO 教教 程程16The significance of cultural learning in learning languageLearning a foreign language is in separable from learning its culture.We need to learn enough about the language s culture so that we can communicate in the target language properly to achieve not only the linguistic compe
17、tence but also the pragmatic or communicative competence as well.Anyone studying a foreign language has to be bicultural as well as bilingual to speak the new language in a way that it is not disparaging to the culture and its origin.Language does not end at the meaning or the use of words associate
18、d to a cultures words represent beliefs,history,and the culture of their origin and they must be used accordingly.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程17The significance of cultural learning in learning languageAvatarJack learns navi language.College students communicate with each other.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程18ConclusionsIn
19、 a word,Language is the carrier of culture,the main expressional form of culture,which develops along with nation,country and societys development.Language is a part of a nations culture.Language and culture are closely related to and depend on each other through their history.The native language is
20、 acquired along with the ways,attitudes and patterns of behaving of the social group,and these ways,attitudes and patterns of behaving patterns find their expression through language.In the view of this,we can know that language is an inseparable or integral part of culture,and the medium through which culture is acquired.LINGO LINGO 教教 程程19