Re:The English Paradox: Four Decades of Life and Language in...
by germandiago on Friday November 08, 2024 @12:18AM
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Language and culture are intimately tied. You cannot just make them separated things.
You can pretend to do it. In some way it is similar to religion: you can pretend the westerner world has no religion. However, in our conduct and behavior, there is a huge christian remnant.
The same, in some way, happens with languages: the words used, the words that exist in one language and not in another, the connotations a word has...
there is lots of culture embedded in a language and when you change language, culture cannot stay the same anymore. It varies bc the culture itself is embedded in languages.
You can pretend to do it. In some way it is similar to religion: you can pretend the westerner world has no religion. However, in our conduct and behavior, there is a huge christian remnant.
The same, in some way, happens with languages: the words used, the words that exist in one language and not in another, the connotations a word has... there is lots of culture embedded in a language and when you change language, culture cannot stay the same anymore. It varies bc the culture itself is embedded in languages.