The relation between language, culture and thought: the classical question - Thinking back: relevance to intercultural communication
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What does the review of the historical and current debate on the interrelationship between language, thought and culture show?
For what does the debate have direct implications?
How should you learn language and culture?
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Which three approaches are reviewed?
- culture-as-content
- integrated language-and-culture
- intercultural approaches
Which issues need to be raised with regard to culture-specific ways of communication?
- attributing differences and variations in ways of communication to cultural values may be convenient at some times or convincing at other times, but this approach carries with it the risk of stereotyping and essentialism
- how language and culture influence each other and in which direction are still matters of disagreement
- the problematic and changing conceptualisations of culture
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