英语与中西方思维差异pptPPT.ppt

UNIT 11 language and Cultural Patterns of Thought 公LOGO Group 10 朱力颖 胡佳晟 白鸣鸣 蔡婉静 Catalogue 1 The Sapir-whorf Hypothesis 2 Case analysis : Culture understanding of vocabulary 3 Case analysis : Cultureunderstanding of Syntactic structure 4 GUESS Game!! 5 公司LOGO * the summarize of the text 公LOGO * summarize of the text part. 1 Understanding Different Cultural Patterns of Thought In this day and age, the communication between different culture and different countries is frequently. However, there are many examp--les of failure about the communication between different countries for the different cultural patterns of thought. So, we should pay more attention to the approaches to problem-solving vary from culture to culture. Culture If we want to discuss the relationship between language and culture, we should know what does the word culture mean at first. However, the concept of culture is so broad that there is not a single definition or central theory of what it is. So most scholars agree that the description should include the three categories submitted by Almaney and Alwan: Cultures may be classified by three large categories of elements: artifacts; concepts; and behaviors. And there is suggested that another way of understanding culture is to study its characteristics, six of which are special importance to language, culture and intercultural communication. * A better explanation for linguistic differences is that variations in the complexity and richness of a languages vocabulary reflect what is important to the people who speak that language. However, we are certain that differences in the words and concepts of a language do affect the ease with which a person can change from one language to another because there is a dynamic interrelationship among language, thought, and culture. Language and Cultural Thought Patterns There is an inextricable connection between culture and language. Language or the verbal processes are vita