ern culture. However, this case happened in America, and the audience was American.РCommentРAmerica is a country with highly valued individualism and they express themselves rather directly. They could hardly understand the Easterner’s over-modesty, for they tend prehend what they hear literally, and a clash was inevitable. If Li’s words were changed into: “The cuisine of your country is really great. It’s my great honor to have a chance to entertain you with them…(贵国的菜肴真是好极了,今天能有机会借花献佛,不胜荣幸之至……)”, then everyone would have been happy.Рthe relationship between language and cultureРLanguage is a part of culture.?Language is the primary means for cultural transmission.?Some linguistic differences are due to cultural differences.?Various cultures will have different responses to the same word.
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