English-Chinese Linguistic and Cultural Studies

Author: Chang Zonglin
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: The book "Language and Culture: A Comparative Study in English and Chinese" is an interdisciplinary research on language and culture. It focuses on the relationship between language and culture, discussing language communication and culture, cultural factors and foreign language teaching, pragmatics and cultural differences, etc. It advocates students to use quantitative and qualitative analytical methods and approaches, starting from specific corpus, to conduct objective and scientific comparative research on issues such as cross-cultural reading and cross-cultural communication. The book explores the intrinsic connection between language and culture, as well as the mutual influence between culture and language, enabling students to cope with various cultural shocks they face in the context of global economic integration and China's entry into the WTO, and improving their cross-cultural communication skills and adaptability.