In light of what you know about linguistics and the nature of language, comment critically upon the views in the following statements:
1.If you learn a foreign language, you can't in the process avoid learning the culture of
those who speak it.
It is widely acknowledged that a language, or particular strand of a language is a reflection of the society in which it is spoken. Language is also seen as portraying ones social or cultural identity. Claire Kramsch noted this correlation when she writes; "Through all its verbal and non-verbal aspects, language embodies cultural reality". We can…
