Choose one or more articles to read. You can find your own article to use as long as the topic concerns language and culture. If you choose your own, you must include the full author’s name, article title and publisher or website name.
Post minimum 5 sentences with your reflections or summarizations on Blackboard Discussion Board titled “Blackboard Reaction Post (Language).”
Make sure to name the articles or articles with the author or authors at the beginning of your response
You can choose to respond to 1 (one) of the following prompts:
Summarize one article’s message in your own words
Reflect on a point OR two from the article (s) (what do you think about it?) AND provide another example of how language can influence culture
Reflect on a point OR two from the article (s) (what do you think about it?) AND provide an example of how culture can influence language
Reflect on your own experiences of how culture can influence the language that you use
NOTE: You will have to copy and paste these links into your browser to access
Guessabi, Fatiha. Blurring the Line between Language and Culture: Fatiha Guessabi argues that culture is a language in itself. Language Magazine. 2017
Savagi, Kristin. What is the Relationship Between Language and Culture? Beyond Exclamation Magazine. 26 Sept 2019
Birner, Betty, editor. Does the Language I speak influence the way I think?. Linguistic Society of America. 2020
Becher, Jonathan. Does Language Influence Culture? Manage By Walking Around – JonathanBecker.com. 10 Sept 2012
Buckby, Emma. How Culture Impacts the Way We Think and Speak. Communicaid.com. 19 May 2016