The strong version（linguistic determinism) 强版（语言决定论）
Language may determine our thinking patterns
The weak version（linguistic relativity) 弱版（语言相对主义）
Similarly between language is relative.
Linguistic evidence of cultural differences
任何一个语言符号都包含三层意义
Denotative meaning(denotation):the meaning provided in a dictionary
字典
Connotstive meaning(connotation):associative meaning
联想
Iconic meaning(icon):the image or icons invoked to people
Greeting and terms of stress问候语和称呼语
外国：Good morning
中国：你吃了吗
您好，你好
Gratitude and compliments感激与称赞
Color words颜色词
Privacy and taboos隐私和禁忌
外国：age, background, salary
Rounding off numbers数字处理
Words and culture-specific connotations 词及文化特有的内涵
Cultural related idioms,proverbs and metaphor与文化相关的习俗，谚语和隐喻
The significance of cultural teaching and learning
thoughts
customs
behaviour
Intercultural communication跨文化交际
Cultural contact & Cultural overlap & Cultural diffusion
Cultural contact文化接触
accumulation积聚
后者融入到前者
assimilation同化
个人或社会群体融入主流社会
amalgamation融合
Cultural overlap文化重叠
Cultural diffusion文化渗透
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The definition of culture
Broad sense
total way of life of a people，including the partterns of belief, customs ,objects, institutions，technical and language that characterized the life of the human community
Narrow sense
Refer to local or specific practice, beliefs or customs, which can be mostly found in folk culture, enterprise culture or food culture
