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The relationship between culture and language

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ID5774860
AuthorsW Jiang (0000-0001-9734-6291, Qufu Normal University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume54
Issue4
Pages328-334
Publication date2000-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueELT Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-0893 • E-ISSN: 1477-4526
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/elt/54.4.328
OpenAlexW1970307180
LanguageEN
Citations received58

This paper discusses the inseparability of culture and language, presents three new metaphors relating to culture and language, and explores cultural content in specific language items through a survey of word associations. The survey was designed for native Chinese speakers (NCS) in Chinese, as well as for native English speakers (NES) in English (see Appendix). The words and expressions associated by NCS convey Chinese culture, and those associated by NES convey English culture. The intimate relationship between language and culture is strikingly illustrated by the survey, which confirms the view that language and culture cannot exist without each other

Chinese culture · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Multilingual Education and Policy

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Citations per year2,42
Citation span2002 - 2026 (25)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 56

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