What is the relationship between language and culture? |
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Language is the verbal expression of culture. A culture's language contains everything its speakers can think about and every way they have of thinking about things. For example, the Latin language has no word for the female friend of a man (the feminine form of amicus is amica, which means mistress, not friend) because the Roman culture could not imagine a male and a female being equals, which they considered necessary for friendship.
First answer by ID2036452021. Last edit by Bennett hammond. Contributor trust: 116 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 8 [recommend question]
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