PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION

(ENGL01G) WK 4-5
RUBIELEN O. SORIANO, LPT
5.1.2 How culture affects language and specific groups of people in
terms of practice beliefs etc.?

• 2.5.1. Language, Society, and Culture

Society and culture influence the words we speak; the words we speak influence society and culture.

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 5.1.2 How culture affects language and specific groups of people in
terms of practice beliefs etc.?

• 2.5.1.1. Language and Social Context

Our various social roles influence meaning and how we speak.

• 2.5.1.2. Language and Cultural Context

Culture isn’t solely determined by a person’s native language
or nationality. Languages vary by country and region, and our language influences our realities.
 5.1.2 How culture affects language and specific groups of people in
terms of practice beliefs etc.?
• 2.5.1.2.1 Accents and Dialects
Dialects are versions of languages that have distinct words, grammar, and pronunciation.

Accents are distinct styles of pronunciation.

• 2.5.1.2.2. Customs and Norms

Social norms are culturally relative. Additionally, what is considered a powerful language style varies from
culture to culture.
 5.1.2 How culture affects language and specific groups of people in
terms of practice beliefs etc.?
• 2.5.1.3. Communication Accommodation and Code-Switching
It is a theory that explores why and how people modify their communication to fit situational,

social, cultural, and relational contexts.

• 2.5.1.4. Language and Cultural Bias

2.5.1.4.1. Cultural bias

Culturally biased language can refer to one or more cultural identities, including race,

gender, age, sexual orientation, and ability.

 2.5.1.4.1. Cultural bias

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 2.5.1.4.1. Cultural bias
• 2.5.1.4.2. Race
Biased language also reduces the diversity within certain racial groups. Some people with racial
identities other than white, including people who are multiracial, use the label.

• 2.5.1.4.3. Gender

Language tends to exaggerate perceived and stereotypical differences between men and women.

• 2.5.1.4.4. Age

The language that includes age bias can be directed toward older or younger people.

• 2.5.1.4.5. Sexual Orientation

Discussions of sexual and affection orientation range from everyday conversations.

 2.5.1.4.1. Cultural bias
• 2.5.1.4.6. Ability
The language used in conjunction with disabilities also tends to portray people as victims of

their disability and paint pictures of their lives as gloomy, dreadful, or painful. Such descriptors

are often generalizations or completely inaccurate.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a

whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.
–Noam Chomsky