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Definition :
Language is The most important kind of human
symbolic communication system. (Hint: all
societies have such a communication system
even though they may be illiterate.)
Cultureis An integrated pattern of human
knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends
upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social
learning.(Hint : Culture is a powerful human tool
for survival, but it is a fragile phenomenon. It is
constantly changing and easily lost because it
exists only in our minds. Our written languages,
governments, buildings, and other man-made
things are merely the products of culture. They
are not culture in themselves.)
Culture
Language
For other example, the Latin language has no word for the female friend of a man
(the feminine form of amicus is amica, which means mistress, not friend)
because the Roman culture could not imagine a male and a female being equals,
which they considered necessary for friendship.
Conclussion :