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LanguageandcultureForLemonGrass•Whatislanguage,whatiscultureandtherelationshipbetweenthem.•Dialect(方言)indifferentculture.•Idioms(俗语)indifferentculture.•Chinese+English=Chinglish(中国式英语)•Thesignificanceofculturallearninginlearninglanguage•ConclusionOutlineWhatisLanguage?•Languageisapurelyhumanandnon-instinctivemethodofcommunicatingideas,emotions,anddesiresbyasystemofvoluntarilyproducedsymbols.Thesesymbolsareauditoryandareproducedbytheorgansofspeech.•Sociologiststhinkthatlanguageissocialbehaviorandlanguagehasasocialfunction,bothasameansofcommunicationandalsoawayofidentifyingsocialgroups.Whatisculture?•Inabroadway,culturemeansthetotalwayoflifeofaperson,includingthepatterofbelief,customs,objects,institutions,techniques,andlanguagethatcharacterizesthelifeofhumancommunity.•Inanarrowway,culturemayrefertolocalorspecificpractice,beliefsorcustoms,whichcanbemostlyfoundinfolkculture,enterprisecultureoffoodcultureandsoon.Relationshipbetweenlanguageandculture•Languageispartofculture.•Languageisthecarrierandcontainerofculture.•Languageisinfluencedandshapedbyculture.•Everypeoplehaveitsdistinctlanguageandculture.Differentculturesmaketheirdifferentideas,valuesandbeliefsreflectedindifferentlanguages.Dialectindifferentculture•Dialectisamirrorofculture.Itreflectsdifferentcultureindifferentarea.Dialectistheformoflanguagethatisspokeninoneareawithgrammar,wordsandpronunciationthatmaybedifferentfromotherformsofthesamelanguage.DialectindifferentcultureDifferenttownhasdifferentdialect.If2personscomingfromdifferentplacedonotlearnPutonghua,theywillconfusedbyseparatedialect.DialectindifferentculturePeopleinNorthAmericaofdifferentareasspeakdifferentEnglish.Idiomsindifferentculture•Idiomsasaspecialformoflanguageexitinbothofthemandcarryalargeamountofculturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,andreligion,custom,nationalitypsychology,thoughtpatternandetc,andthereforearecloselyrelatedtoculture.•Idiomsbasicallycomesfromthefolk,andtoagreatextent,reflectsanationality’sculturalcharacteristics,andthedifferentnationality’sexperienceoflifeandthenationallanguages.Forexample•BritainIslandissurroundedbysea.That’sthereasonthatwordsortermsaboutseaandboatarerich,suchassmoothsailing,allatsea;ship,ferry,canoe,barge,yawl.Forexample•Onthecontrary,ChinesepeoplehavebeenlivingintheAsiaIslandforthousandsofyearsandagriculturehasalonghistory.Theyhavemysteriousandawesomefeelingtowardsea.Wecanknowfromtheterms海水不可斗量，海底捞针，茫茫大海，烟波浩渺。Andtherearemanytermsderivingfromfarming.Forinstance种豆南山下,草盛豆苗稀，解甲归田。SomeidiomsTokeepone‘sheadabovewater(奋力图强)Allatsea(不知所措)Apackofrogues(狐朋狗友)Youarealuckydog(你是一个幸运儿)Everydoghashisthreeday(凡人皆有得意日)Olddogwillnotlearnnewtricks(老人学不了新东西)Godhelpsthosewhohelpthemselves(天助自助者)Gotohell(下地狱去吧)Pandora’sbox(潘多拉的盒子)Torestonone’soars(暂时歇一歇)Chinese+English=ChinglishChinglish(中国式英语)ismoreandmorepopularinChineselives.TheappearanceofChinglishisalsoreflectingtherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.Certainly,itshowsaspecialkindofrelationshipbetweenEnglishlanguageandChineseculture.ThewindofChinglishsweepsacrossthecountryespeciallyontheinternet.Nowalmostallthepeopleknowitandwilluseitonceinawhile.Eventhewesternersstarttoacceptitgradually.Forexample好好学习天天向上Daydayup,goodgoodstudy.好久不见Longtimenosee.让我看看Letmesee.给你点颜色看看Giveyousomecolorseesee.ConclusiononChinglishDifferentlanguagemergesintodifferentlanguageanddifferentculture,whichislikelytodevelopanewkindoflanguage.Languageisacommunicativetoolandhasbeenstayingdevelopandchange.Aslongaswecanunderstandthemeaningofpeople'swordsandhavenotroubletonormalconversation.Alanguagedoesreflectthecultureofasociety,butonlyincertainaspects,especiallyinitshierarchyofvocabularyanditsdiscoursepatterns.Changesincultureresultinnewtypesofdiscourse.ThesignificanceofculturallearninginlearninglanguageLearningaforeignlanguageisinseparablefromlearningitsculture.Weneedtolearnenoughaboutthelanguage'sculturesothatwecancommunicateinthetargetlanguageproperlytoachievenotonlythelinguisticcompetencebutalsothepragmaticorcommunicativecompetenceaswell.Anyonestudyingaforeignlanguagehastobebiculturalaswellasbilingualtospeakthenewlanguageinawaythatitisnotdisparagingtothecultureanditsorigin.Languagedoesnotendatthemeaningortheuseofwordsassociatedtoaculture‘swordsrepresentbeliefs,history,andthecultureoftheiroriginandtheymustbeusedaccordingly.ThesignificanceofculturallearninginlearninglanguageAvatarJacklearnsna’vilanguage.Collegestudentscommunicatewitheachother.ConclusionsInaword,Languageisthecarrierofculture,themainexpressionalformofculture,whichdevelopsalongwithnation,countryandsociety'sdevelopment.Languageisapartofanation'sculture.Languageandculturearecloselyrelatedtoanddependoneachotherthroughtheirhistory.Thenativelanguageisacquiredalongwiththeways,attitudesandpatternsofbehavingofthesocialgroup,andtheseways,attitudesandpatternsofbehavingpatternsfindtheirexpressionthroughlanguage.Intheviewofthis,wecanknowthatlanguageisaninseparableorintegralpartofculture,andthemediumthroughwhichcultureisacquired.