Cultural Identity - Language

Language

Language is something that everyone can relate to. Citizenship can be changed, along with religion. But with language, it reminds us of out Cultural Identity.

Language includes the way people speak with one peers in their group. People speak differently with their friends and family than with strangers. Language is a main component of Cultural Identity.

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Famous quotes containing the word language:

    “Upon my tongues continual slanders ride,
    The which in every language I pronounce,
    Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.”
    —Richard Rorty (b. 1931)

    “Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.”
    —Martin Heidegger (1889–1976)