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題名 | Language and Culture, ESP in Taiwan= |
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作者 | Sperlich, Wolfgang B.; |
期刊 | Journal of Applied English |
出版日期 | 20080800 |
卷期 | 1 2008.08[民97.08] |
頁次 | 頁21-38 |
分類號 | 805.1 |
語文 | eng |
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英文摘要 | Few scholars would argue that language and culture are not connected, especially so in the historical sense. Synchronically however there is the disjuncture in that the language capacity per se has no cultural foundation whatsoever (Chomsky 1968). Nevertheless as we acquire our native and other languages there is undoubted cultural input. It is also clear that the rate of internal language change (commonly calculated at 200 year intervals) is not directly related to cultural change. In recent history cultural change has far outstripped internal language change, what with globalization – and English as a global language - and the emergence of hybrid cultures that undergo rapid change. On the other hand there is an alarming rate of language obsolescence with an accompanying loss of cultural diversity. Even so, some scholars (Kwachka 1995) argue that cultures can be maintained even if the associated languages die out. Taiwan as a traditionally multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-lingual society is immersed in the maelstrom of above mentioned changes. Language politics and policies may be reactive rather than proactive. Either way, ESP lecturers in Taiwan face a myriad of challenges and problems, as discussed in this paper. |
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