语言与文化的关系英语，为什么你要学英文？

想学好语言，首先要知道语言是什么？

语言是一套任意的，具有特殊含义的符号，这些符号可以是声音的（主要表现形式），也可以是视觉的，具有系统性和生成性。语言主要用于语言社区和文化中的交流作用，并且人们学习语言的方式大体相似，是有规律可循的。

所以简单来说，语言就是一套用于交流的特殊符号。

A consolidation of the definitions of language yields the following composite definition.

1. Language is systematic and generative.

2. Language is a set of arbitrary symbols.

3. Those symbols are primarily vocal, but may also be visual.

4. The symbols have conventionalized meaning to which they refer.

5. Language is used for communication.

6. Language operates in a speech community or culture.

7. Language is essentially human, although possibly not limited to humans.

8. Language is acquired by all people in much the same way - Language and language learning both have universal characteristics.

Why do you need to study English?

为什么你要学英文？

1.If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. ‒Nelson Mandela

如果你用别人能理解的语言与对方谈话，那么谈话会进入对方的大脑。如果你用对方的语言与之谈话，那么谈话会进入对方的心里。

2. One language sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way. ‒Frank Smith

一种语言可以为人生开启一条走廊。俩种语言则会使这条人生走廊的沿途上处处开启大门。

3. The limits of my language are the limits of my world. ‒Ludwig Wittgenstein

语言的限制就是对我的世界的限制。

4. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ‒Chinese Proverb

学习是无论到哪都追随主人的财富。

5. Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going. ‒Rita Mae Brown

语言是文化的地图。它为你解答人们从哪里来到哪里去。

6.To have another language is to possess a second soul. ‒Charlemagne

掌握另一门语言，拥有第二个灵魂！