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Language and Culture. Relationship between Language and Culture. Like Chicken and Egg Culture influences the type of language “the invisible ritual used imposed by culture on language users” - Kramsch, 1998 Language determines how people think and what people think about
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Relationship between Language and Culture • Like Chicken and Egg • Culture influences the type of language • “the invisible ritual used imposed by culture on language users” - Kramsch, 1998 • Language determines how people think and what people think about • Sapir-Whorf hypothesis • “language determines what we think” - Kramsch, 1998
Culture and Language • In Korea, respect for elders is very important hence there are many variations of “I” and “You” (ie. Na, Jor, Chaih/ Nor, Tang Shin, Chanae) • Due to Confucianism • Similar case for my mother’s dialect group • Toilet Talk in Korea
Culture and Language • In some languages, words simply do not exist hence people are unable to grasp the concept • Idea of “Cooling” and “Heaty” food in Singapore
What I feel • Language and culture are interdependent • They influence each other • If one changes, the other changes too • Examples: “Period” and SMS talk • It is impossible to tell now whether culture influenced language first or the other way around
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