Is there a relationship between on one side a Language and
on the other Society and Culture ?
In case that you have
read the famous novel of Jack Vance : The Languages of Pao, you would be convinced that
language determines society and culture.
Indeed, in the
community of the planet PAO there exist no words for meanings as war, killing, fighting
and so forth. Therefore an eternal peace installed itself upon this happy
planet.
About half a light year further another planet is
situated where the population is skilled in techniques, Yet no words for love,
affection, compassion and the like; Would you like to life there
?
But, I think that the relationship is exactly the other
way around !
SOCIATY AND CULTURE DO INFLUENCE
LANGUAGE.
My main example is about a language spoken in the
Congo : Lingala. This idiom has been used by the military and it sounds very harsh !
Listen to Radio Kinshasa, and you will see what I
mean.
Another example : hear the difference between Spanish
and Italian.
The mother language of Spanish is Latin. This
has been imposed by the Romans after a long and bitter fight. Later on the Goths invaded
the country, followed by Muslims. The Kingdom of Castilia could get them out after a
bloody war of more than seven centuries: the Reconquista. In the aftermath Spain
conquered America by killing Indians. Indeed Spanish is a harsh
languages.
On the contrary, Rome ruled the world a very
long time and imposed the Pax Romana. Yes, later on Goths and Longobards invaded the
country, but they were quickly assimilated. As you know the soft Italian languages was
initiated by the poet Dante.
Yes society generates language
!
Now, My questions to you
:
Why the Dutch around Randstad sounds in the ear as a
throat disease ?
Why Arabic spoken in the desert is one of
the most ugly languages with a lack of vowels ?
Why
Indonesian sounds so nicely ?
Why in French are there so
many nasal sounds and why the R is pronounced in the throat
?
Why English spoken in Ireland is softer than in Australia
?
Why the same for German spoken in Austria than in Prussia
?
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