Culture is "the glasses" through which you interpret your experiences in the world and then respond to them.
Language & Culture:
emotions and culture
- Prescriptive versus Vernacular language: language and culture are dynamic systems which are intrinsically connected. Culture is infused into language, and language is a powerful medium for the expression of culture. For This reason, when someone criticisms the way you speak, they are criticizing more than just your linguistic abilities.
- Standard versus Non-Standard
- Vernacular
- "slang"
- Non-Verbal Communication
- Interactive distance (proxemics)
- touching
- orientation
- gaze
- gestures (kinesics)
- Paralinguistics (rules for communicating)
- directness/indirectness
- formality/informality
- loudness (pitch, tone, voice quality)
- speed
- length of utterance (lengthly, brief)
- turn taking
- how silence is used
- politeness rules
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