A Comparison of Chinese and Western Culture Different countries have different cultures. Chinese and Western culture are often used to compare. There is an old saying: East is east and West is west; never the twain shall meet. These two cultures will never melt together. They have their own value and belief. In this essay‚ I will further explain the differences between these two cultures in the following aspects: Self‚ religion and education system. First of all‚ Chinese believe in collectivism
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To what extent can the language and literature of a nation or a race reflect the history and culture of this nation or race? To what extent can the soul of a nation and the universal values in the innermost recesses of the minds of humanity be revealed in the language and literature of a given country? To those questions‚ only the person who is long engaged in the study of this field can find distinctive answers and develop unique perceptions. I believe that the perception of the historical and cultural
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Cultural Function of Language Many animal and even plant species communicate with each other. Humans are not unique in this capability. However‚ human language is unique in being a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically inherited. Culture is the set of shared patterns of behaviors and interactions‚ cognitive constructs‚ and affective understanding that are learned through a process of socialization. These shared patterns identify the members of a culture group while also
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Can language be used as a political instrument? Language is a system of signs and meanings that usually shared by a community of people. There is no doubt that language is very important and necessary in the society. Language offers people the means for interaction and to depict ‘people‚ places and things’. (Butt and David‚ 1986) Edward Sapir (1884–1939)‚an American linguist and anthropologist‚ was the first one who proposed the idea that the power of language can influence culture and thinkings
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DIFFERENT CULTURES‚ DIFFERENT RATIONALITIES? Peter Winch ’s remarkable essay‚ ’Understanding a Primitive Society ’ (Winch‚ 1964) raised several deep and troubling questions and offered some no less deep and troubling answers. It was the essay of a philosopher inspired by Wittgenstein‚ who had questioned the very idea of a social science‚ reflecting upon and‚ indeed‚ criticizing the interpretation of witchcraft in one of the classics of twentieth-century anthropology‚ Evans-Pritchard ’s Witchcraft
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Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History 1) Describe three different American Indian cultures prior to colonization. 1421-1521 1492-1504 1541- 1937 Aztec Indians: They were located in central Mexico and they spoke Nahuati language. In 1520-1521 Small pox hit‚ between 10% and 5o% of population was affected. The government was a system of tribute. They believed in human sacrifice. Eastern woodland cultures were along the Atlantic coast mostly during the summer time
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Question 1 ‘Describe popular culture in Britain at the beginning of the 1960s’ Popular culture describes how many people appreciate styles and interests of that current day. Features such as music‚ colours and entertainment are commonly liked by ordinary people. Britain in the 1950’s was still gloomy; people were still getting over the devastation of World War Two as they had lost their loved ones. Rationing had ended in 1954-1955 and they were still recovering from the economic hardship. But
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Language and Culture There are many who would say much about language and culture. Some might even say that the two are intertwined. There is ample evidence that language determines a culture. However some would save that language does not determine culture. My personal belief is that the use of the language determines the culture. One such place to find this evidence would be in any branch of the United States’ armed forces. Every day military culture includes a vast variety of ways to make the
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Culture both liberates and constrains. It liberates by investing the randomness of nature with meaning‚ order‚ and rationality and by providing safeguards against chaos; it constrains by imposing a structure on nature and by limiting the range of possible meanings created by the individual I quite agree with this oppinion by Claire Kramsch‚ especially after I have read the first 10 pages of his book Language and Culture and gained a basic understanding of his views. Accoridng ot Claire‚ "nature
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Language and Culture Fitting into a culture is not always easy; sometimes‚ obstacles appear and make it harder. Reading about the stories of both Oscar Hijuelos and Jasmin Darznik‚ the reader might recognize some of those obstacles. Both Oscar and Jasmin have been surrounded by two cultures‚ one of their families’ and the other was the American culture. From each story we can learn something; something about how language can affect a person’s life. Jasmin and Oscar have been through
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