Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

1. Discuss the relationship between language and culture

2. Critique and apply the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

3. Give examples of translation problems that impede intercultural communication

 4. Give examples of how humans have communicated in language when there is no shared language

5. Explain the relationship between language and nationalism

6. Trace the development of English as the most widely spread language around the world