Language as a manifestation of cultural norms and social patterns

Author(s):  N.G. Avetisyan, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

S.K. Voskanyan, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, sivosk@yandex.ru

Issue:  Volume 37, №1

Rubric:  Romanic-German Philology

Annotation:  The article presents a discussion about the language as a culture-bound and socially conditioned phenomenon. People identify themselves and others not only through language but behavioural patterns, typical of a given community. Social conventions and cultural norms of traditionally accepted behaviour are the product of communities of language users.The language that people use refers to common cultural and social experience. On the other hand, language shapes one’s culture and mentality. This is not a one way influence. This is interaction

Keywords:  language and culture interaction, social and cultural experience, tangible and intangible assets, social standing

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