How Culture And Perception Are Directly Influenced By Language

Throughout the history of the human race a multitude of different cultures have emerged all throughout the world. With these cultures has come the development of thousands of different languages, each encompassing unique characteristics, stories, ideals, and beliefs embodied by these cultures. As the world continues to be in constant change and growth, globalization has caused many of these languages to become extinct. Linguistic anthropologists are working hard to prevent this from happening any further and are also attempting to revive lost native languages, a very important process to these native cultures as well as all of humanity. Native language provides a sense of identity to the people of the culture from which it originates and also a linguistic diversity to our world. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis proves just how much language influences perception of the world and reflects the beliefs held by individuals associated with the language.

Culture is transmitted from one generation to another. Language is the main car of culture. Language in different form makes it easy for the present generation to understand the realization of earlier generations.

During this cultural observation, the anthropological concepts that will be examined will be: culture, society, language and communication and finally kinship. For the purpose of the observation, the concepts are defined as: culture is ideas and behaviors that are learned and transmitted and are not a genetic means of adaptation. Along with the understanding that society is the learned behavior patterns and thought that help a group adapt to its surroundings (Park 2015, p.G2). Language and communication being defined as the human communication by means of shared symbols in the form of sounds or representations of sounds (Park 2015, p.271). Last of the

Although there is no official language in the United States, the English language is the most widely spoken. Language helps to shape our identities, define and limit our expectations of the world around us and who we are. You might ask yourself, how does our language shape our identities and influence our perceptions of the world? Through language, we are able to make meaning, understand, and define ourselves. We are able to communicate what we feel, our ideas, our hopes, and our dreams with others who can respond to our feelings and thoughts. However, our choice of words cannot always capture what we are feeling to the full extent.

Language derives from culture. Culture is everything in one’s life. Culture is a diverse topic in which extends to shape and form an individual, group, community, or even a society. According to the Merriam-Webster’s definition of culture, culture is, “the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations”. Culture derives from a practice of beliefs in one’s atmosphere. Although time changes, and people change, culture and one’s lifestyle will never die. Language is the main contributor in making a culture unique and special. It is the main reason why there are hundreds, thousands of different languages throughout the world. People communicate

Language is perhaps the most important key to understanding culture in general and the specific values, beliefs, attitudes, and opinions of a particular individual or group.

What is culture? How do anthropologists define it? They study it, but defining it remains a controversial and difficult endeavor. In my opinion, culture defines an excessively broad category related to the human experience. I wrote my first definition as follows: “Culture is everything humans think, say, have, and do. It is a socially-defined set of “rules” and expectations that are implicitly nurtured from childhood. (or from one’s introduction to that culture)” This paper will expand upon this definition as I believe that this definition represents a valid and broad explanation of what culture is.

Language is one of the ways anthropological ways culture is formed and retained. Influenced by location, individual backgrounds and intermingling with others of different backgrounds, languages change often and rapidly. In the beginning of the English language and culture, the only way to intermingle was to conquer or be conquered. Dialects mixed, religion developed and histories, lof and entertainment were found nightly at the Mead-Hall. Although the entire family is not in one physical place, in 2014, most people are logging on to social media at night to share stories and memories while checking out the latest hashtags and earning ‘likes’.

Language is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a particular country or region for talking or writing. It is considered as an art because when used it able to help a person develop or create a certain picture in the mind. Language being an artifact of culture means that it is an interesting thing that is created by the people. It is an aspect of their way of life of the people. It also helps in development of the people as writers and intellects. As a culture it is a people’s way of life and therefore the impact it has to human beings cannot be under looked.

One of the most important elements all cultures possess is the language which represents each one . Language is of vital importance to people’s lives, since it is a way of communicating with others. Language also offers people the ability to create and maintain relationships with others. Each language includes numerous varieties, named dialects. Languages and dialects have some main differences and the distinction of their boundaries is considered to be a difficult issue.

Frantz Fanon once conveyed, “To speak a new language is to take on a new world, a culture.” This is the reality for billions of active foreign language learners globally. As they embark on a linguistic journey, they gradually find out that their native culture may not coincide with the new culture ascribed to the new language. As such, this experience could be exhilarating or discombobulating, contingent on how receptive the individual is. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the relationship between language and culture. The relationship is evident in that language mirrors a culture which bears the personal values and perpetuates the identity of an individual.

Having the ability to create and use language is one of the most distinctive features of mankind. Humans learn their culture through language and hence, our culture is transmitted through language. Culture is a defining feature of a person’s identity resulting in how they see themselves and the groups in which they identify (Bakhtin., 1981). It’s universal, because all individuals in the

The possibility that the way we think is influenced by our language has interested scholars for hundreds of years. The strong view of this 'language relativity hypothesis ' or 'Sapir-Whorf -hypothesis ' where our actions are determined only by language has been widely abandoned. However answering the question whether language can still shape our thoughts to some extent has been proven more difficult. In this paper I will examine some of the recent research that seems to support the idea that although language does not completely dictate how we think it can have an impact on our cognitive fuctions.

Language is the pot that represents a culture. It reflects its personality, its character, persona, education, and its development. It represents a history the ancestors left, and inheriting it leads to the continuation of identity. Holding on to the mother language reflects a high sense of patriotism. All nations that are developed and advanced in the fields of science and technology use their native tongue in their educational systems, and find ways to spread the love of the native tongue and prevent it from everlasting waste.

According to Zimmermann (2015), Culture is the distinctive features and knowledge of a specific group of people, outlined by everything from cuisine, social habits, language, religion, arts, and music. The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition takes it a step further, defining culture as mutual patterns of behaviors and interactions, cognitive constructs and understanding that are learned by. In this manner, culture can be seen as the growth of a group individuality fostered by social structures unique to the group socializing (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition, 2014).