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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture
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Explore intercultural communication by understanding the relationship between language and cultural identity
Duration | 2 weeks |
Total fee | ₹8,364 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
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Course Level | UG Certificate |
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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture at University of Leeds Course details
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Who should do this course?
- The course is for anyone with an interest in the relationship between language and culture, you don’t need any previous experience
What are the course deliverables?
- Investigate how languages shape cultural identity both within and across political borders.
- Assess the extent to which language both supports and inhibits the sharing of ideas between cultures.
- Debate the ways in which language can shape and control how we think.
- Explore the relationship between language, culture and politeness.
More about this course
- On this course you will analyse why language is a social construction and examine how it relates to cultural identity
- You will start by exploring what language is, how it relates to the way we think and how it is shaped by the culture it originates from. You’ll learn how language is used and explore cases of intercultural communication
- You will examine the difficulties of translation and how politeness is expressed across cultures. Finally, you’ll learn about the controversial issue of language loss and examine the reasons that cause it and its implications for cultural identity
Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture at University of Leeds Curriculum
Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture
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The relationship between language, nation and cultural identity
The way in which language shapes how we think
The extent to which language might limit and shape what we are able to articulate and think
The challenges faced by translators when trying to make concepts understandable for audiences with different cultural reference points and backgrounds
Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture at University of Leeds Faculty details
Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture
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Bethan Davies
Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Leeds. My research interests are in linguistic politeness and also critical discourse analysis (language and power).
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