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ChapterSeven

Language,Culture,andSociety1ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第1頁(yè)Teachingaims:tostudytherelationbetweenculture,societyandlanguageTeachingfocuses:TheSapir-WhorfHypothesis,LanguageVariationTeachingprocedures:

1.Languageandculture2.Languageandsociety2ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第2頁(yè)1.LanguageandCulture3ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第3頁(yè)Whatisculture?

Inabroadsense,culturemeansthetotalwayoflifeofapeople,includinghowtospeak,howtoact,howtothink,howtofeel,etc.Inanarrowsense,culturemayrefertolocalorspecificpractice,beliefsorcustoms,whichcanbemostlyfoundinfolkculture,enterprisecultureorfoodculture,etc.Therearegenerallytwotypesofculture:materialandspiritual.4ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第4頁(yè)1.1TherelationshipbetweenL&CGenerally,therelationofLtoCisthatofparttowhole,forLispartofC.Theknowledgeandbeliefsthatconstituteapeople’sculturearehabituallyencodedandtransmittedinL.5ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第5頁(yè)Anthropologicalstudyoflinguistics:studyoflanguageinasocioculturalcontext.LondonSchool:B.Malinowski&J.FirthNorthAmericanSchool:F.Boas,E.Sapir&B.L.Whorf6ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第6頁(yè)LondonSchool:BronislawMalinowski(1884-1942):Themeaningofawordgreatlydependsuponitsoccurrenceinagivencontext.Languagefunctionsasalinkinhumanactivity,amodeofaction.ThewordwoodontheTrobriandIslandsoffeasternNewGuineaSpeechcommunity言語(yǔ)小區(qū)7ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第7頁(yè)LondonSchool:J.R.Firth(1890-1960):theoryofthecontextofsituation(情景語(yǔ)境理論)Therelevantfeaturesoftheparticipants,persons,personalities.TheverbalactionoftheparticipantsThenon-verbalactionoftheparticipantsTherelevantobjects.Theeffectsoftheverbalaction.“whospeakswhattowhomandwhenandtowhatend”8ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第8頁(yè)LondonSchool:Halliday(1925-

)Studylanguage

fromasocialsemioticorinteractionalperspectiveFunctionalinterpretationofgrammarasaresourceformeaningpotentialLinguisticmodelinthestudyofliterature9ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第9頁(yè)North

AmericanSchool:HistoricalBackgrounddisappearanceofNativeIndian’stribesandculturesAnthropologisttriedtoreconstructtheAmericanNativelanguages.SuchasF.Boas,E.Sapir&B.L.Whorf,andD.Hymesfieldwork,first-handevidence10ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第10頁(yè)DellHymes(1927-):Ethnographyofcommunication(交際民俗學(xué))Speechcommunity.Situation,event,andact.SPEAKING:situation,participants,ends,actsequence,key,instrumentalities,norms,andgenres11ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第11頁(yè)1.2Sapir-WhorfHypothesisEdwardSapir(1884-1939)andBenjaminLeeWhorf(1897-1941)Ourlanguagehelpsmouldourwayofthinkingand,consequently,differentlanguagesmayprobablyexpressspeakers’uniquewaysofunderstandingtheworld.

Twopointsinhistheory:

LanguagedeterminesourthinkingpatternsSimilaritybetweenlanguagesisrelative.Thegreatertheirstructuraldifferentiations,themorediversetheirconceptualizationoftheworldwillbe.12ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第12頁(yè)Sapir-WhorfHypothesisLinguisticdeterminism(語(yǔ)言決定論):語(yǔ)言決定思維Linguisticrelativity(語(yǔ)言相對(duì)論)：思維相對(duì)于語(yǔ)言，思維模式伴隨語(yǔ)言不一樣而不一樣。expoundedbyWilhelmvonHumboldt,aGermanethnologist

EugeneNida:alinguistandtranslationtheoristAstranslators,ifwewanttodoagoodjobinCROSS-CULTURALCOMMUNICATION,weshouldalwaysbeawareofsometypesofsub-culture.13ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第13頁(yè)MoreabouttheSapir-Whorfhypothesis:Thestrongversion(強(qiáng)式說(shuō)):EmphasizesthedecisiveroleoflanguageastheshaperofourthinkingpatternsTheweakversion(弱式說(shuō)):Suggestthatthereisacorrelationbetweenlanguage,culture,andthought,thecross-culturaldifferencesproducedinourwaysofthinkingarerelative,ratherthancategorical.14ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第14頁(yè)English:horseshoeFrench:feracheval——ironforhorseGerman:hufeisen——hoofironTheEskimoshavecountlesswordsforsnow.TheArabs,forcamels.15ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第15頁(yè)OtherLinguisticevidencesofculturaldifferencesTermsofaddressGreetingsThanksandcomplimentsPrivacyandtaboosColorwords16ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第16頁(yè)印歐語(yǔ)言：嚴(yán)式語(yǔ)言→嚴(yán)式思維軌跡→結(jié)構(gòu)分析→邏輯演繹→智性精神漢語(yǔ)：寬式語(yǔ)言→寬式思維軌跡→整體領(lǐng)悟→類(lèi)比聯(lián)想→悟性精神17ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第17頁(yè)Alivelycontroversyaboutthehypothesis:Twoexamplestoshowthecomplexityandcontroversyofthetheory:OneisquotedfromHopi,anAmericannativelanguagespokeninArizona;theotheristakenfromalanguagespokeninthecentralhighlandsofIrianJaya(伊里安島，太平洋).Thefirstexampleservestoshowhowlanguagesmaydifferfromeachother.Thesecondexampleservestochallengethehypothesis.18ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第18頁(yè)InHopi,thereissomethingveryspecialaboutitsgrammar.Oneofthefeaturesthatseparateitfromotherlanguagesisthatitdoesnotusethesamemeanstoexpresstime,andhenceiscalledasa“timelesslanguage”(沒(méi)有時(shí)間語(yǔ)言).Donotrecognizetimeasalineardimension.Hopiverbsdonothavetensesoftimeandnoconceptofspeed.19ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第19頁(yè)TwoAmericanscholarsconductedalargecross-linguisticinvestigationofbasiccolorvocabulary.ThefindingisthatcolorwordsystemsindifferentlanguagesarenotlikewhathasbeenassumedbytheSapirandWhorfhypothesis,beingculturallydeterminedandhenceabsolutelydifferentfromoneanother.20ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第20頁(yè)Differentlanguagesmightwellundergoauniversalevolutionaryprocessofdevelopmentwhichmadethebasiccolorsysteminonelanguagedifferentfromthatinanotheronlyintermsofthestagesoftheirevolution.SeethebasicevolutionarystagesofbasiccolorwordsonPage165.Accordingtothisevolutionarytheory,Englishhasalltheelevenbasiccolorwordssoitreachesthelaststageofevolution.Thistheorycorrectlycapturesakindofgeneralizationincolorwordscross-culturally.21ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第21頁(yè)ThisevolutionarytheoryfindsagoodexampleinthesecondexampleoftheIrianlanguage,alanguagewhichhasbecomewellknownforitsveryrestrictedsystemofbasiccolorwords.Thereareonlytwobasiccolorwordsinthislanguage:modlaforlight,bright,hence,white,andmili

fordark,dull,hence,black.WhatwillnativeIrianlanguagespeakerdoifhe/shewantstodesignatecolorsotherthanblackandwhite?Ordowhiteandblackalwaysmeanwhiteandblackcross-linguistically?22ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第22頁(yè)TheinvestigationrevealedthatnativespeakersofthiscultureusethisWhiteversusBlackcontrasttoconveymoremessagesabouttheircolorperception.Theyusemodla

asageneralcolortermtoincludeallwarmcolorssuchasredandyellowandusemiliasanotherumbrellacolorwordtocoverallthecoldcolors.Therefore,thecontrastbetweenmodlaandmiliinfactisacontrastbetween“whitewarmness”versus“blackcoldness”.23ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第23頁(yè)ThecolorwordsystemintheIrianlanguageisstillinitsfirststageofevolutionandbymeansofusingthiswhitewarmnessandblackcoldnesscontrastandothertypesofcolorwordsderivedfromobjectnames,animals,plantsandsoon,thespeakersfromthisculturecansuccessfullyexpressanycolorslabelledbydistinctcolorwordsinanotherculture.24ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第24頁(yè)語(yǔ)言含有普遍性理論。認(rèn)知科學(xué)強(qiáng)調(diào)人類(lèi)認(rèn)知共性，這跟語(yǔ)言相對(duì)論恰好針?shù)h相對(duì)。強(qiáng)調(diào)人類(lèi)認(rèn)知基礎(chǔ)是人遺傳天賦。常舉一個(gè)例子是顏色詞研究。從表面上看各種語(yǔ)言顏色詞各不相同，但Berlin和Kay研究（1969）發(fā)覺(jué)它們有共性。任何語(yǔ)言最少都有兩個(gè)顏色詞（白和黑），新幾內(nèi)亞高地語(yǔ)只有“白”和“黑”兩個(gè)顏色詞。英語(yǔ)有11個(gè)顏色詞。有右邊顏色詞，就必有其左邊顏色詞。這就是語(yǔ)言共性，而且認(rèn)知語(yǔ)言學(xué)家認(rèn)為這種共性是有生理基礎(chǔ)，那就是白色跟黑色含有最強(qiáng)聚焦性，因?yàn)檠劬?duì)這兩種光頻最敏感。楊永林，色彩語(yǔ)碼研究進(jìn)化論與相對(duì)論之爭(zhēng)，《外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究》第3期，第190-195頁(yè)。25ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第25頁(yè)Sapir-WhorfHypothesis

Wemustbecarefulanddonotrushtoayhastyconclusionbeforewereallyobtainsomereliableevidencetosupportorrejectthehypothesis.Donotalwaysevaluatealanguagesystemagainstthecriteriainourmothertongue.Thestrongversionhasveryfewadherentstoday.26ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第26頁(yè)Culture-loadedwords燙手山芋vs.hotpotato雨后春筍vs.springlikemushroom大魚(yú)大肉vs.meatandpotatoes酒肉朋友vs.fair-weatherfriendkillthegoosethatlaysthegoldeneggsvs.殺雞取卵27ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第27頁(yè)CulturaloverlapanddiffusionThroughcommunication,someelementsofcultureAentercultureBandbecomespartofcultureB.LoanwordsinChineseandEnglish.肥皂劇、卡通、布丁、蘋(píng)果派、雀巢、巴士、耐克、因特網(wǎng)、KTV、EMAILTyphoon,kongfu,tofu,tea,etc.28ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第28頁(yè)Netspeak網(wǎng)絡(luò)語(yǔ)言頂(支持)555(嗚嗚嗚)粉絲(fans)mm/MM(妹妹)LZ(樓主)DD/dd(弟弟)88(拜拜)偶(我)馬甲(ID)沙發(fā)斑竹(版主)稀飯(喜歡)汗或寒(敬畏)暈(非常驚異)ps/PS(photoshop簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng))灌水(發(fā)帖子)ddd(頂頂頂)bs/BS(藐視)ms(貌似)滴(、地)29ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第29頁(yè)1.3CasestudiesTheinterplayoflanguageandculturemayrangefromtextualstructuretophonologicalvariation.Kaplan(1966):Thestructuralorganizationofatexttendstobeculturallyspecific.Nida(1998):Wordsaresometimes“idiomatically-governed”and“culturally-specific”.30ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第30頁(yè)楊永林(1993)madeseveralcasestudiesthroughhispersonalexposuretotheAmericanculture.1)Whenyougetyourhandsdirty,itdoesnotnecessarilymeanintheAmericanculturethatyou’vedonesomemanualworkandneedtowashyourhand.(practicesomething,beengagedindoingsomething)2)Whenyouhaveenoughdumbbells(啞鈴),itdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatyoukeeppairsofthisinstrumentforregularphysicalpractices.(havelotsofstupidguys)31ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第31頁(yè)1.4Doweneedcultureinourlinguisticstudy?Yes.AstudyoflinguisticissuesinaculturalsettingcangreatlypromoteourunderstandingofMOTIVATIONandDIRECTIONALITYinlanguagechange.有利于對(duì)語(yǔ)言改變動(dòng)因和方向性進(jìn)行了解。32ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第32頁(yè)TheWatergateexample:TheWatergate:美國(guó)華盛頓特區(qū)一綜合大廈，1972年6月17日夜間共和黨爭(zhēng)取總統(tǒng)連任委員會(huì)相關(guān)人員潛入大廈內(nèi)民主黨全國(guó)委員會(huì)總部而被捕，暴露了共和黨政府在總統(tǒng)競(jìng)選中非法活動(dòng)，造成美國(guó)歷史上首次總統(tǒng)辭職(尼克松)。水門(mén)事件式丑聞，丑聞ThissuffixenjoysarichproductivityinAmericanEnglish.Wordsderivedfromthissourceinevitablytakeonaculturallypejorativeimplicationtoreferto“thedisclosuresofmisconductinhighplaces”(被揭露出來(lái)高層丑聞).33ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第33頁(yè)Tentativeconclusionsbasedonthefindings1)“Watergate”,asawordtakingonapejorativeimplicaturetorefertoanypoliticalscandalatthehighrank,willstayinEnglishforquitealongtime;2)Itsstructuralstatusinthelanguagebecomesratherstablethroughtherichderivationalprocessesithasundergoneinword-formation;3)Thesemanticimplicatureithaswillstaywiththewordforquitealongtime.34ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第34頁(yè)1.5CultureinlanguageteachingclassroomTherelationshipbetweencultureandlanguageteachingThreeobjectivesforustoteachcultureinourlanguageclass:1)Togetstudentsfamiliarwithculturaldifferences;2)Tohelpstudentstranscendtheirowncultureandseethingsasthemembersofthetargetculturewill;3)Toemphasizetheinseparabilityofunderstandinglanguageandunderstandingculturethroughvariousclassroompractices.35ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第35頁(yè)Questionstoponder1.WhatisthemainideaoftheSapir-WhorfHypothesis?

Whatisyourcomment?2.MakeananalysisontheinterplaybetweenLanguageandculture.36ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第36頁(yè)2.LanguageandSocietyLanguageisnotalwaysusedtoexchangeinformationasisgenerallyassumed,butratheritissometimesusedtofulfillanimportantsocialfunction–tomaintainsocialrelationshipbetweenpeople.37ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第37頁(yè)Howdoeslanguagerelatetosociety?LinguisticsasaMONISTICorAUTONOMOUSPURSUITofanindependentscience一元性或自治性LinguisticsasaDUALISTICinquiry二元性E.g你——您tu——vous38ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第38頁(yè)Usersofthesamelanguageinasenseallspeakdifferently.Whateachofthemchoosestouseisinpartdeterminedbyone’ssocialbackground.

Whenwespeakwecannotavoidgivingourlistenerscluesaboutouroriginandourbackground.Thesocialenvironmentcanalsobereflectedinlanguage,andcanoftenhaveaneffectonthestructureandthevocabulary.Forexample,asociety'skinshipsystemisgenerallyreflectedinitskinshipvocabulary.39ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第39頁(yè)40ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第40頁(yè)41ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第41頁(yè)AsituationallyandsociallyvariationistperspectiveAnappropriatelanguageuseinanysocialinteractionnotonlyhassomethingtodowithstructuralrules,butalsoinvolvessomesociallyinstitutionalizednormsinusage.Thechoiceofoneformoveranotherisbothstylisticallyandsociallygoverned.42ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第42頁(yè)Amaximinsociolinguistics:“Youarewhatyousay.”(爾即爾所言)Somesocialfactorsthatinfluenceourlanguagebehaviourinasocialcontext:1)class;2)gender;3)age;4)ethnicidentity;5)educationbackground;6)occupation;7)religiousbeliefWilliamLabov(拉波夫):afamoussociolinguistHeconductedasurveyatseveraldepartmentsintheCityofNewYorkinthemiddleof1960s.43ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第43頁(yè)Theobjectiveofhissurveywastoexaminetherelationshipbetweenspeakers’socialstatusandtheirphonologicalVARIATIONS.TheSocialStratificationofEnglishinNewYorkCity(1966)《紐約英語(yǔ)社會(huì)階層性》Labovexplicitlydelineatedthepatternsofstratificationbyclassandstyleandsuccessfullyintroducedclassasanindispensablesociolinguisticvariable.調(diào)查紐約市內(nèi)不一樣階層人說(shuō)英語(yǔ)時(shí)使用元音后[r]音情況（保留還是脫落）。元音后[r]音保留被認(rèn)為是社會(huì)中上層人士說(shuō)話標(biāo)志。44ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第44頁(yè)Social-classdialect,orsociolect,referstothelinguisticvarietycharacteristicofaparticularsocialclass.Socialdialecthastodowithseparationbroughtaboutbydifferentsocialconditions.45ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第45頁(yè)Upperclass:America,cake,helping,ice,lavatory,lookingglass,pudding,relatives,rich,Royalties,scent,scurf,sick,sofa,spectacles,writingpaperLowerclass:theStates,pastry,portion,ice-cream,toilet,mirror,dessert,relations,wealthy,Royals,perfume,dandruff,ill,settee,glasses,notepaper46ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第46頁(yè)SpeakerA SpeakerBIdidityesterday. Idoneityesterday.Hehasn’tgotit. Heain’tgotit.Itwasshethatsaidit. Itwasherwhatsaidit.WhenwelookatthelanguageusedbytwospeakersAandB,wecanestimateroughlytheirrelativesocialstatus.47ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第47頁(yè)InBritain,accent=markerofstatusRP:anon-localizedformofpronunciation,referstotheparticularwayofpronouncingstandardEnglish,anindicatorofapublicschooleducationandthusahighsocialstatusonthepartofthespeaker.EE:EstuaryEnglish,commonlyusedbyeducatedpeopleintheregionaroundLondon.LessrigidthanRPbutmorestandardthanCockney.Cockney:lowerclassdialectofEastLondon,considerednon-standardbyeducatedpeople.48ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第48頁(yè)Varietiesrelatedtotheuserarenormallyknownasdialectsandvarietiesrelatedtouseasregisters.49ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第49頁(yè)Regionaldialectsarelinguisticvarietiesusedbypeoplelivingindifferentregions.Regionaldialectboundariesoftencoincidewithgeographicalbarrierssuchasmountains,rivers,orswamps.

English

ScottishItneedswashingItneedswashed50ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第50頁(yè)Idiolectisapersonaldialectofanindividualspeakerthatcombineselementsregardingregional,social,gender,andagevariations.Standarddialect:Sociallyprestigiousdialect.Bythegovernment,massmedia,schools.Anymembercanpossiblyuse.Basedonaselectedvariety.Notacquirednaturally,superimposed.e.g.普通話(Mandarin)

51ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第51頁(yè)LanguageandGender

Differencesbetweenwomenandmenhavealwaysbeenatopicofinteresttothehumanspecies.

52ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第52頁(yè)ThereexistsaWOMENREGISTER.Itsfeaturesinclude1)womenusemore“fancy”colorterms;mauve,beige,aquamarine,lavender,magentaImagineamanandawomanbothlookingatthesamewall,paintedapinkishshadeofpurple.Thewomanmaysay:Thewallismauve.53ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第53頁(yè)Ifthemanshouldsaytheabovesentence,onemightwellconcludehewasimitatingawomansarcastically,orwasahomosexual,oraninteriordecorator.54ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第54頁(yè)2)womenuselesspowerfulcursewords(少用Goddamnit!Damn!Shit!Fuckyou!慣用Oh,dear!Goodnessme!);a.Ohdear,you'veputthepeanutbutterintherefrigeratoragain.b.Shit,you'veputthepeanutbutterintherefrigeratoragain.55ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第55頁(yè)3)womenusemoreintensifierssuchasterrible,awful,sogood,suchfun,exquisite,lovely,divine,precious,adorable,darling,fantastic.(Neutralonesaregreat,terrific,cool,neat)InChapterIIIinJaneAusten’snovel,PrideandPrejudice,MrsBennet,excitedafterparticipatinginaparty,talkedtoherhusbandaboutMr.Bingleyasfollows:56ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第56頁(yè)Oh!MydearMr.Bennet,wehavehadamost

excellentball.…Janewasso

admired.Everybodysaidhowwellshelooked.Mr.Bingleythoughtherquite

beautiful,…Iwassovexedtoseehimstandupwithher.…Iamquitedelightedwithhim.Heissoexcessivelyhandsome!…[Mr.Darcy]isamostdisagreeable,horridman.Sohighandsoconceitedthattherewasnoenduringhim!Hewalkedhere,andhewalkedthere,fancyinghimselfsoverygreat!Nothandsomeenoughtodancewith.57ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第57頁(yè)Wife:Youalwaysleaveyourpapersabout,dear!Husband:Really?Didn’tIputtheminplaceyesterday?Inasense,theoveruseofthewordsofabsolutenessorextremitymaycausechangesinthemeaningofawordatleastintheeyeofaman.58ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第58頁(yè)4)womenusemoretagquestions(Johnishere,isn’tit?);5)womenusemorestatementquestions(Dinnerwillbereadyatseveno’clock?);6)women’slinguisticbehaviourismoreindirectandmorepolitethanmen’s59ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第59頁(yè)Thesedifferencesinlanguageusearebroughtaboutbynothinglessthanwomen’splaceinsociety.Linguisticsexism語(yǔ)言性別歧視現(xiàn)象許多職業(yè)名稱(chēng)如doctor,professor,engineer等，人們習(xí)慣于把它們跟男性聯(lián)絡(luò)在一起，若要指稱(chēng)女性，往往要加上woman一詞，如womandoctor。還有一些名稱(chēng)含有男性語(yǔ)素man，如chairman,congressman,spokesman,salesman等，也用來(lái)指女性。Man作為mankind同義詞指人類(lèi)，男女性都包含在內(nèi)。與之相呼應(yīng)，英語(yǔ)人稱(chēng)代詞中，he(他)有時(shí)也可包含she(她)，比如：Aprofessorusuallyseeshisstudentsduringofficehours.60ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第60頁(yè)Typesoflinguisticsexism(fromKing1991)1.male-as-norm(womeninvisible)

Eachcandidateshouldincludethreecopiesofhisrésuméwiththeapplication.

2.irrelevantreferencetogender

Thatwomandentistisreallyexcellent.

3.

irrelevantreferencetophysicalappearanceordomesticrelationships

SusanDixon,abeautiful,green-eyedblonde,hasjustenteredherfirstyearofmedicalschool.

4.

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61ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第61頁(yè)Halliday:RegisterLvariesasitsfunctionvaries;itdiffersindifferentsituations.ThetypeofLwhichisselectedasappropriatetothetypeofsituationisaregister.62ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第62頁(yè)Fieldofdiscourse(話語(yǔ)范圍):whatisgoingon,purposeandsubject-matterofcommunication,why,whatTechnicalvs.non-technicalTenorofdiscourse（話語(yǔ)基調(diào)）:theroleofrelationshipinthesituation,who,towhomThelevelofformalityModeofdiscourse（話語(yǔ)方式）:themeansofcommunication,howAlectureonbiology63ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第63頁(yè)MartinJoos:DegreeofformalityFrozenFormalConsultativeCasualIntimateFormal<>Informal64ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第64頁(yè)Visitorswouldmaketheirwayatoncetotheupperfloorbywayofthestaircase.(frozen)Visitorsshouldgoupthestairsatonce.(formal)Wouldyoumindgoingupstairsplease?(consultative)Timeyouallwentupstairsnow.(casual)Upyougo,Chaps!(intimate)65ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第65頁(yè)Whatshouldweknowmoreaboutsociolinguistics?Asociolinguisticstudyofsociety(macrosociolinguistics)andasociolinguisticstudyoflanguage(Microsociolinguistics):Ifwewanttoknowmoreaboutagivensocietyorcommunitybyexaminingthelinguisticbehaviourofitsmembers,wearedoingasociolinguisticstudyofsociety.Thatis,wearedoingsociolinguisticsatamacrolevelofinvestigation.Topicsofstudymayincludebilingualismormultilingualism,languageattitudes,languagechoice,languagemaintenanceandshift,languageplanningandstandardization,vernacularlanguageeducation.66ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第66頁(yè)Ifwewanttoknowmoreaboutsomelinguisticvariationsinlanguageusebyturningtopotentialsocioculturalfactorsforadescriptionandexplanation,wearedoingasociolinguisticstudyoflanguage.Weareinterestedinexaminingmicrolinguisticphenomenasuchasstructuralvariants,addressforms(稱(chēng)呼語(yǔ)),genderdifferences,discourseanalysis,Pidgin(皮欽語(yǔ))andCreole(克里奧爾語(yǔ))languagesandothermorelanguage-relatedissues.67ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第67頁(yè)皮欽語(yǔ)是在殖民時(shí)期誕生。當(dāng)歐洲商人、水手、傳教士涉足亞洲、非洲、美洲、大洋州口岸與當(dāng)?shù)厝舜蚪坏罆r(shí)，因?yàn)楸舜苏Z(yǔ)言不通，就把兩種語(yǔ)言成份混合在一起使用，以到達(dá)溝通目標(biāo)。皮欽語(yǔ)大多以英語(yǔ)、法語(yǔ)、葡語(yǔ)等某一歐洲語(yǔ)言為基礎(chǔ)，把語(yǔ)法規(guī)則大大地簡(jiǎn)化，沒(méi)有性、數(shù)、格等改變和波折、派生等詞形。說(shuō)話人借助于有限詞語(yǔ)和簡(jiǎn)單詞序來(lái)指稱(chēng)事物或傳遞指令。皮欽語(yǔ)生長(zhǎng)過(guò)程與社會(huì)變遷息息相關(guān)，它們命運(yùn)取決于交際環(huán)境需要。有些皮欽語(yǔ)如17世紀(jì)至19世紀(jì)在我國(guó)南方沿海地域流行“洋涇浜”英語(yǔ)逐步消失了。有些皮欽語(yǔ)則穩(wěn)定了下來(lái)，詞匯和語(yǔ)法伎倆豐富了起來(lái)，擴(kuò)大了使用范圍和表示功效。皮欽語(yǔ)可成為人們第二語(yǔ)言，也可發(fā)展成為克里奧爾語(yǔ)。當(dāng)某一地域人們把皮欽語(yǔ)傳授給后代，變?yōu)樗麄兡刚Z(yǔ)時(shí)，皮欽語(yǔ)就實(shí)現(xiàn)了克里奧爾化。68ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第68頁(yè)Bilingualism——twolanguagesareincontact.Thiscontactmayleadtointerference.Pidgin,Creole,diglossia69ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第69頁(yè)P(yáng)idgin:notanativelanguageofanyone.learnedinformallyincontact.usedesp.astradelanguage.involvesthemixtureoftwoormoreLs.Eg.NigerianPidginEnglish;VietnamesePidginFrench;NewGuineaPidginGerman,etc.70ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第70頁(yè)上海話中洋涇浜英語(yǔ)“蹩腳”（BILGE，船底污水，引申為骯臟、下三濫、劣質(zhì)）“大興”（DASHY，浮華，華而不實(shí)，引申為假、冒牌、劣質(zhì)）“骯三”（ONSALE，二手貨賤賣(mài)，引申為垃圾貨、形容人品質(zhì)低劣）“癟三”（BEGSIR，乞丐先生，用來(lái)形容叫花子、難民、逃荒者等各式窮人，后引申為最廣泛罵人用語(yǔ)之一?！俺嗬小笔怯⒄Z(yǔ)“CHEAT”（坑騙）和漢字“佬”混生詞語(yǔ)，一個(gè)魯迅時(shí)代最流行洋涇浜俚語(yǔ)（隱語(yǔ)）。71ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第71頁(yè)Frompidginto

creolesAsaresultofintermarriage,thepidginisspokenathomeandlearnedbychildrenasamothertongue.Pidginisnotjustacontactlanguagewithlimitedsocialfunctions,butcandealwithmore.Eg.HaitianCreole,HawaiianCreoleEnglish72ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第72頁(yè)Diglossia:Twodistinctvarietiesofthesamelanguageareused,sidebyside,fortwodifferentsetsoffunctions.Switzerland:HighGermanasthestandard(public,official)SwissGermanasthevernacular(informal,daily)73ChapterSevenLanguage,Culture,andSociety第73頁(yè)Code-Switching:

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