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Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Language and culture


The language is the most important thing when studying cultures.
The language is the method to transport information. Languages change from one generation to the other.
During the 20th century, scientific researchers presented a thesis about how people listen to words and ignores other symbols (Gelles and Levine, 2000).
For example the word “SNOW” in English has only one meaning. However, for Eskimo people this same word has twenty different meanings.
In addition, other theories, like the one presented by Pierre Burdieu, explain the powers of the media and communication businesses.
For the gender subject language is essential. For example, Spanish has the gender within its roots; therefore, it is difficult to change and include the reference to women in the Spanish language.
We see how important language is for the entire social organization. It is the way we can communicate and therefore try to live in peace and survive in our society.

Bibliography
Gelles and Levine, Sociology and Introduction. 2002

2 comments:

  1. the essence of us is able to communicate effectively through language as my fellow Fidel says, since through them we can express our opinions.

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  2. You are right Fidel, the language is the most important thing

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