Language and Culture The relationship between language and
Language and Culture The relationship between language and culture
Mention countries begun with the letter T!
Countries begun with the letter T • • • Turkey Tunisia Tanzania Tajikistan Togo Tonga
Mention countries with nicknames!
Countries and its nicknames No Country Nickname 1 USA Uncle Sam 2 England 3 Egypt Land of Hope and Glory, Black Country The Gift of the Nile 4 South Africa Rainbow Nation 5 Indonesia The Emerald of the Equator 6 Japan Land of the Rising Sun 7 Singapore The Lion City 8 Chili Land of Poets 9 Finland Land of a Thousand Lake 10 Philippines The Pearl of the Orient Seas
Mention countries and its popular food!
Foods around the world No Country Popular food 1 Thailand Pad Thai 2 Turkey Doner Kebab 3 Senegal Thieboudienne 4 Hong Kong Dim Sums 5 Singapore Hainanese Chiken Rice 6 Malaysia Nasi Lemak 7 Japanese Sushi 8 Italy Piza 9 India Biryani 10 US Humberger
Language functions as a tool for communication and an indicator of a culture’s social realities and their manifestations. For example, Koreans tend to remain silent when they are upset by someone’s action, while Hispanics and Arabs are more likely to express their agitation verbally.
Language influences the way the speakers view the world in different cultural patterns of thought. For example, in Filipino culture, when younger family want to address an elder, he/she must uses the courteous tittle ‘Po’ and older siblings are also addressed with titles which ‘Kuya’ for the eldest son and ‘Ate’ for the oldest girl. It means that in Filipino culture really emphasizes on a great respect in addressing family members.
Language is a reflection of a particular culture. For example, in a language such as English which is very rich in color terms (about 4, 000), but in another language such as the Dugum Dani people of New Guinea have only two color words ‘black’ and ‘white, or ‘light’ and ‘dark’. Vietnamese and Korean people do not differentiate blue from green.
The relationship between language and culture had been researched by the linguist and anthropologist namely Edward Sapir nad his student Benjamin Lee Whorf in 1929 and became popular in 1950 s. Their reserach was known with ‘Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis’ There are two versions of hypothesis namely linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism. For further explanation about related to Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, please read Heriansyah’s article (2012).
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