LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Language and Culture

Language and Culture

Introduction

One's culture affects nearly all of one's connection behaviors. I found out an item in writing by Margaret Cote, “Language Reflects Culture,” that discloses numerous of the dissimilarities between the Saulteaux language and the English   language. Margaret Cote states, “Language works out the way a individual outlooks the world.” She recounts how Indian persons outlook things round them distinctly then English talking persons do. Margaret Cote states that she outlooks the world round her in two distinct modes counting on what language she is speaking. In this paper I will talk about how mind-set and demeanour are very resolute by the language one talks and how language does really contemplate a culture.

 

Attitudes and Behavior

One's culture determines the way one methods data and how one contends with reality. Concepts and things have borders of quotation that disagree from culture to culture. The significance of a phrase partially counts on the culture's chronicled relative to the notion or object described. When Margaret Cope comes back dwelling the theme of the dialogue works out the language she speaks. Different heritage glimpse the world differently. The Saulteaux persons are exceedingly worried with exactness and have distinct phrases for we and you, counting on if they are being inclusive or exclusive. American culture is not as worried with exactness and thus we use the phrases we and you differently (Jinkyung et al, 2010).

Different heritage have distinct convictions and standards and these are conveyed in their language, if it be verbal or non-verbal. Many misunderstandings happen in intercultural communications because numerous are ignorant of these differences. It is significant for one to discover the dissimilarities of diverse heritage for one to realise one's own identity. It is through understanding about other ones that one discovers what is really significant to oneself.

 

Language Reflects a Culture

Languages assembly facets of truth together. Things that are significant to a culture have numerous assemblies and phrases for those things. Things that are minor have less assemblies and words. For demonstration, there are numerous distinct phrases for vehicle in the English language, because vehicles are very significant to us. In the Saulteaux language there are numerous phrases for snowfall, because snowfall is an significant component for them (Cote, 1985).

Both verbal and non-verbal connection reflects if or not a culture values individualism or collectivism. Individualistic heritage worth self-expression, talk out to explain difficulties and ...