-The language of interpersonal relationships in China

1、?The language of interpersonal relationships in China【Abstract】Thispaperanalyzestherelationshipamonglanguage，identityandculturewithStuartHallsnotion.ItdiscussesthedistinctivelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipinChina.【Keywords】StuartHall;Interpersonalrelationship;Language【作者簡介】付悦，电子科技大学成都学院文理系。.Intr

2、oductionByinterpretinghowlanguage，identity，andcultureareinterconnectedwitheachother，StuartHall1997a，1997b，1997cstatesthatthroughrepresentationsystem，language，identity，andcultureareintertwined.Withthisnotioninmind，thispaperwillfirstlysummarizeHallsargumentsindiscussingtheinterrelationshipbetweenlangu

3、age，identity，andcultureinthreeperspectives：languageandculture，identityandculture，aswellaslanguageandidentity.ThenitwilldescribesomeepisodesfromthepersonalexperiencedrawnfromChineseculture，whichwillintroduceanddiscussthedistinctivelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipsinChina.SummaryofStuartHallsnotion

4、AccordingtoStuartHalls1997btheory，insteadofexistingindependentlyandseparately，thereisacomplexinterrelationshipoflanguage，identity，andculturaldifference.Intermsoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturedifference，language，asatool，aprivilegedmedium，asymbol，embodies，expresses，andsymbolizescultureKramsc

5、h，1998.Inturn，languagesaredistinguishedbecauseofculturaldifferences.Inaddition，owingtoculturecanberepresentedindifferentwaysthroughlanguage，thuswehavetheculturaldifference.Obviously，culturedifferenceswillproducedifferentlanguages.Identityisaproductofculturesinceculturemeaninginvolvesconcepts，ideas，e

6、motionsandsenseofbelonging.Toillustrate，InHalls“culturalidentityanddiaspora1997a，itindicatesthatculturalidentityisaboutsharedculture，whichmeanspeoplebelieveinacommonhistoryandancestryp.51.Therefore，withthesameunderstanding，experience，andbeliefs，individualswhosharethesameculturewillbuildupacommonsens

7、eofidentity.Asfortheinterconnectionbetweenlanguageandidentity，identityinfluenceslanguage.Asismentionedabove，peoplewhohavethesameidentityhaveasimilarwaytointerprettheworld.Besides，peopleregardtheirlanguageasapartoftheirsocialidentitysincelanguageisasymbolizedsystemKramsch，1998，p.3.Thus，theymustsharet

8、hesame“culturalcodestocommunicate，whichreferstothebroadsenseoflanguage，includingthevarioussignsandsymbolsHall，1997b，p.4.Therefore，identityshapesthewayofusinglanguage.DiscussthelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipsinChinaThelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipsisasetofspecificlanguage，whichisinfluenced

9、byidentityandculturedifference，inordertodescribetherelationshipsbetweenindividuals.DrawnfromChineseculture，thelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipsinChinaisatypicalphenomenontointerpretandanalyzethecomplexinterrelationshipbetweenlanguage，identity，andculturedifferent.Thispartwillargueanddiscusstheinte

10、ractionandrelationshipbetweenthelanguageofinterpersonalrelationships，Chineseculture，andidentityoftheyounggenerationwhichgenerallyreferstopeoplewhowerebornaftertheyear1980.Firstly，thelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipsreflectsChineseculture.There，itwilltakethelanguageofkinshipasanexampletoillustrate

11、.KinshipisakindofimportantinterpersonalrelationshipsinChina.Unlikemostwesterncountries，fordifferentkinsfolkinChina，thelanguagewillbeuseddifferentlytorepresentthepositioninthefamily.Toillustratethisspecialphenomenon，ononehand，collectivismoccupiesanimportantpositioninChineseculture，whichpromotesincorp

12、orationYao，Wang，TangWang，2020.Ontheotherhand，Chineseculturehasagreatinfluenceonlanguage，whichcontainsspokenlanguage，writtenlanguage，clothes，gesturesandotheraspectsintermsofabroadsense.Sincelanguageplaysaroleasamediumandarepository，thenorms，values，customsandbeliefsofaculturecanbetransmitted.Thereisaf

13、amousoldsayingthatis“Expandtherespectoftheagedtothatofotherfamilies.ItshowsthatrespecttheagedisthetraditionalvirtueoftheChinesenation.WiththismajorculturalvalueandcustombasedonConfucianism，peoplewhoareolder，moreseniororwithahighersocialstatuswillbeaddressedwithhonorifictitlesinChinesesociety.Forexam

14、ple，therearetwowaysofsaying“youinChinese.Secondly，withrespecttotherelationshipbetweenthelanguageofinterpersonalrelationshipsandidentityoftheyounggeneration，itclaimsthatidentityruleslanguageusage.Meanwhile，identitycanbereflectedbylanguage.TherelationshipbetweenteachersandstudentsinChinaisanothertypic

15、alphenomenontoillustratetheinteractionbetweenlanguageandidentity.AccordingtothefourthandfifthprinciplesofRegulationsforprimaryandmiddleschoolstudentsthatissuedbyMinistryofEducation2020，itemphasizesthatstudents，astheyounggeneration，shouldbemodestandpolitetotheirteachersinschools.However，cultureidenti

16、tyisnotfixedalongwiththechangesofusinglanguage.AsHall1997bclaimsthatthingshavenomeaningoriginally.Itistheparticipantsempowerthepeople，objects，andeventstohavemeaningsinculturalpractices.Thus，withthechangeofparticipants，thingswillhavenosingleandfixedmeaning.Owingtothatpeopleusedtocallpeoplesnamesdirec

17、tlyinEnglish，studentswilladdresstheirEnglish-native-speakerteacherswiththeirgivennames.Inthisprocess，studentsacquireanotheridentitybyunderstandingthedifferencebetweenEnglishandChinese.Thirdly，intermsoftherelationshipbetweenidentityandculture，itstatesthatidentityandcultureareintertwinedwitheachother.

18、Ononehand，identityisproducedintheprocessofmeaninggivingandmeaningtaking，sothatculturedifferencesproducedifferentidentitiesHall，1997c.basedonthesevalues，theoldgenerationislabeledastraditional，rigid，stereotypical，andconservative.Comparatively，grownupinamultiple-culturalenvironment，theyounggenerationsv

19、aluesareconstitutedbothfromvariousnationalitiesofChinaandfromdifferentcountries.Therefore，theypursuesmoreequal，fairandunrestrainedinterpersonalrelationships.Influencedbythecontemporaryculture，theyounggenerationpromotesthefreedomofspeech，thefreedomofmarriage，andtheequalityofsocialrelationshipandsex.T

20、hedifferencesbetweentheidentityoftheyounggenerationandtheoldgenerationaremarkedoutbydistinctivecharacteristicsandsharedculturalbeliefs.Inturn，differentidentitiesrevealculturedifferences.AsHall1997b，1997csuggest，cultureisnotonlyaboutthesimilarity，moreimportantly，aboutthedifference.Theessenceofgeneral

21、Chineseculturewillbeinheritedandacceptwithmajorities.However，themainstreamideologywillbeselecedandcreatedfromgenerationtogeneration.Astheyounggenerationisthemajorlaborofacountry，themainstreamculturewillbeinfluencedandchangebytheirideology.Specifically，asafamousquotesays“onceateacher，alwaysateacher，teacherswereusedtobeseenastheonlyauthorityofknowledge.Studentswerenotallowedtodoubtteacherssayings，evennotallowedtoaskquestionstotheirteachers.Therefore，traditionalChine