语言、社会与文化

Unit 1 Language and Society 1 Text A Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: An Imaginary World 2 Text B Sociolinguistic Phenomenon: A Real but Exotic World 4 Text C Relationships Between Language and Society 10 Unit 2 Language and Culture 13 Text A Language and Culture 14 Text B Language Driven by Culture, Not Biology, Study Shows 17 Text C Lost in Translation 22 Unit 3 Language and Sex 28 Text A Language and Sex (I) 29 Text B Language and Sex (II) 32 Text C Language and Women's Place 40 Text D Gender Differences in Communication 43 Unit 4 Word Borrowing and Language Contact 47 Text A Borrowing in the English Language 49 Text B Loan Word 51 Text C How Languages Influence Each Other 57 Text D Contact Explanations and Internal Explanations of Change 60 Unit 5 English Idioms 64 Text A Understanding Idioms 65 Text B English Idioms 75 Text C Top Ten American Idioms and Their Origins 78 Unit 6 Metaphors and Thought 80 Text A Metaphors We Live By 82 Text B Teaching Metaphor Through Pop Culture 92 Text C Thanksgiving Metaphors: “A Lot on My Plate” 94 Text D Metaphor and Cultural Coherence 97 Unit 7 Euphemisms and Taboos in Different Cultures 100 Text A Taboo and Euphemism 101 Text B Why Do We Use Euphemisms? 104 Text C Taboo 110 Text D Contamination and Camouflage in Euphemisms 113 Unit 8 Cultural Thought Patterns in Intercultural Education 118 Text A Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-cultural Education (I) 120 Text B Cultural Thought Patterns in Inter-cultural Education (II) 130 Text C An American Writing Teacher in China 138 Unit 9 Cultural Relativism 143 Text A Understanding Cultural Relativism 144 Text B This Forest Is Ours 150 Text C Education Abroad—Going Native or Standing Firm 154 Text D The Challenge of Cultural Relativism 156 Unit 10 Linguistic Relativism 161 Text A Language and Thought Processes 162 Text B Language and Thought 169 Text C Language May Shape Human Thought 173 Unit 11 Linguistic Imperialism 175 Text A What Is Linguistic Imperialism? 176 Text B Global English 177 Text C Quebec: A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Imperialism? 186 Text D Lingua Franca Discourse 190 Unit 12 Language in an Online Global World 194 Text A Always on: New Literacy and Language in an Online Global World 195 Text B Emojis, a New Writing System, a New Language, or Nothing New under the Sun? 204 Text C The Age of Twitter 208