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A 3 page paper which examines how language is used in different cultures and reflects culture and worldviews. The paper also focuses a bit on Amy Tan’s Mother Tongue. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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worldview. They simply know their language and speak it. But, everyones language is unique in some way or in many ways, often existing as a very important part of their
culture and their personal identity. The following paper examines an article about language titled Manifesting Worldviews in Language by Dan Moonhawk Alford. How Language is Connected to Culture
and Worldview In this article Alford, a professor and apparently a Native American as well, delves into various aspects of the English language and many other languages. He focuses a
great deal on Native American languages and perceptions as well. In his work he has a term he uses called wordworld. He indicates the following in relationship to what it
means: "Language is one of the principal ways in which we experience and interact with our culture. Thus, the wordworld is the map which a particular language creates in order
to navigate the worldview" (Alford, 2009). In these respects the wordworld is actually, for the most part, ones worldview. In one aspect of the article he discusses how
English speakers tend to be very noun oriented. He offers an example and illustrates how Americans call trees by their names. He then notes how the Cheyenne people actually often
refer to a tree, a particular tree, or other living things, by the sounds they make. He indicates that "So one tree is more like a shu-shu-something and another more
like a tinka-tinka-something" and then still yet, some trees have different sounds depending on the time of year and the weather (Alford, 2009). This is a powerful example of how
people have a different view of the world through language. In this particular case Americans simply categorize things, give them scientific names, which reflects a more material approach to life
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