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cross-cultural communication辅导（2）跨文化交际 胡文仲视频演讲稿（含重点和PPT内容） Hello, every one, this is the second talk, intercultural communication. In this talk, we will be talking about verbal communication. verbal communication is communication using words. we will be talking about language and culture and their relationships. There is a very close relationship between language and culture. In Arab, there are many words related to camel. Because camel used to be a very important part of the life of Arabs. In the Chinese language, there is an elaborate system of kinship terms. Because Chinese families used to be large and hierarchical. We care about whether the grandmother is on the father side or on the mother side. If it is on the side of mother, it is called外祖母. If it is on the side of the father, it is called祖母. But in English, normally, they do not have such distinction. In Chinese, we make a distinction between哥哥and弟弟. Because哥哥has more authorship than弟弟. But in English, normally, they just use brother to refer to either哥哥or弟弟. From this we can see, language is very much influenced by culture. Language is a mirror of culture, because language reflects human relationships. It reflects the way the society operates. Firth thing is language of kinship terms is a reflection of our family system. As a matter of fact, language is a part of the culture or we can say language is culture. There is no doubt there is a very close relationship between language and culture. Some people go even further and claim that language determines the way we think. This is what we call linguistic determinism(语言决定主义——语言决定了我们思考的方式。). It based upon hypothesis put forward by Sapir and Whorf. Now here we have Sapir and Whorf hypothesis. This is what Sapir says: Now, here, we should spend special attention to this: it powerfully conditions all our thinking about social problems and processes. that is, it influences our thinking greatly. This is what Sapir said in one of the books he wrote on language.