AILA Review· 2014Q1
Language and Culture
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Applied linguistics is shifting focus from stable national cultures to portable historicities and subjectivities individuals carry, driven by technological changes and post-structuralist thought.
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Key points
- Applied linguistics is re-evaluating the concept of culture, moving from stable national identities to individual, portable historicities.
- This evolution is shaped by the ongoing debate between structuralist and post-structuralist perspectives on culture.
- Computer technology's influence on our experience of time, space, and reality is a significant factor in this paradigm shift.
- Discourse is recognized as a key element embodying a community's identity, values, history, and future aspirations.
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Abstract
Culture, defined as membership in a discourse community that shares a common social space and history and common imaginings, entered the field of applied linguistics through the study of language in its sociocultural context – that is, discourse. Discourse, as a verbal communicative practice and habit of thought, embodies a community’s identity and moral values, its understanding of history, and its aspirations for the future. Cross-cultural pragmatics, intercultural communication, and intercultural learning are some of the areas of applied linguistics that study the link between language and culture. The field right now is grappling with the tension between structuralist and post-structuralist approaches to culture and with the revolution brought about by computer technology in our experience of time and space and our sense of reality. Today, the attention of applied linguists is shifting from stable, national cultures to portable historicities and subjectivities that people carry in their minds as so many potential strategies for action.
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