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Language, Culture and Society

Katherine V. Hidalgo

BSED-ENGLISH 1102

Relationship of language and culture

Language and culture are intertwined

1. Relationship of language and culture: language and society

Influencing the Way People Think

Intercultural Interactions

Transmission of Culture and Language

Assimilation and Social Differentiation

Cultural and Linguistic Diversity

1

A particular language usually points out to a specific group of people. When you interact with another language, it means that you are also interacting with the culture that speaks the language.

You cannot understand one’s culture without accessing its language directly.

2

When you learn a new language, it not only involves learning its alphabet, the word arrangement and the rules of grammar, but also learning about the specific society’s customs and behavior.

3

Theory about the origin of the language

What theory I believe in? Why?

2. Theory about the origin of language

Theories of Continuity and Discontinuity

BOW - WOW Theory

DING - DONG Theory

POOH - POOH Theory

YO - HE - HO Theory

TA - TA Theory

God - Given Theory

Noam Chomsky

THEORIES OF CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY

Theory of Continuity and Discontinuity

Continuity theories of language evolution hold that it must have developed gradually, starting among the earliest ancestors of humans, with different features developing at different stages until people's speech resembled what we have today

Discontinuity theory suggests that because there is nothing even remotely similar to compare human language to, and it is likely to have appeared suddenly within human history

Labov’s three stages of language change

3. Evolution

of language

Origin

A period in which alternative variants for established variants begin to appear

Propagation

The stage at which the new variants establish themselves to the detriment of the older ones which are sidelined

Conclusion

The stages at which the remaining variants are (1) replaced completely by new variants or (2) remains as a residue after the change was terminated

Function of Language

1. Language is Expressive

- Expressing Observation

- Expressing Thoughts

- Expressing Feelings

- Expressing Need

4. Functions

of language

2. Language is Relational

- Language can bring us together

- Language can separate us

Expressing Observations

- Eyewitness testimony

Expressing Thoughts

- Jury Members while on trial

Language is Expressive

Expressing Feelings

- We communicate our emotions

Expressing Needs

- We are communicating in an instrumental way to help us to get things done

Language can bring us together

- Verbal communication is key to bringing people together and maintaining relationships.

Language is Relational

Language can separate us

- Whether its criticism, teasing or language differences, verbal communication can also lead to feelings of separation.

References

Lectures and Power Point Presentation in Language, Culture and Society

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