Language Barriers

Language Barriers

Languages often appear to exist as static forms with little changes over a relatively long period of time, however, they are rather dynamic indeed involving a lot of changes such as vocabulary and grammar and such a phenomenon can be called as language evolution. The evolution of language has twofold meanings which are the biological evolution of language faculty and a changing system of communication (Stanford, 2005). In other words, language evolution is along with the development of human being bringing both positive and negative effects on interring cultural communication.

On the one hand, it is evolution of language that makes it possible for people to communicate among different cultures. Brown (2000) believe that all humans languages are thought to possess the same general structure and permit an almost limitless production of information for communicating as the result of language revolution. Firstly, language allows people to have contact with others. Matthews (2007) argue that language has at least three functions in communicating situation, which are providing one's knowledge, expressing ones own opinions and influencing others? actions or thoughts. People could exchange ideas with each other by means of applying the use of language to achieve mutual understanding.

Secondly, language can help us understand culture variations in both communication style and the context regulations. It is widely believed that the word ?language culture? is better than saying language and culture separately. For example, the difference in values between British and Chinese could be read apparently through some usage. Moreover, the letter I appears as capital form almost every situation in Britain while Chinese people like to use self-depreciatory expressions when referring to themselves. Consequently, it might be implied that people can learn about different traditions and customs through languages.

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