Culture and language - The case of cultural dimensions and personal pronoun use
Culture and language - The case of cultural dimensions and personal pronoun use
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DOI：
10.1177/0022022198293005
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发表时间：
1998-05-01
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Kashima, Y
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作者：
Kashima, ES;Kashima, Y
文化和语言之间的关系在71种文化中使用的39种语言中进行了研究。在不同的语言和文化中，第一人称和第二人称单数代词（如“我”和“你”）的使用与全球文化维度（如个人主义）之间的相关性得到了计算，这些维度之前是在大规模跨文化调查中提取出来的。从第一人称单数代词和第二人称单数代词的数量以及作为句子主语使用时是否可以省略的角度对人称代词进行了分析。使用代词掉落语言的文化往往比使用非代词掉落语言的文化更缺乏个人主义。人称代词的数量与一些文化维度相关，这些文化维度反映了对人的不同观念。人称指示语（人称指示代词）可能为研究文化习俗提供了一个窗口。
The relationship between culture and language was examined across 39 languages spoken in 71 cultures. Correlations were computed across languages and cultures between the use of first- and second-person singular pronouns (e.g., "I" and "you") and global cultural dimensions such as Individualism, which were previously extracted in large-scale cross-cultural surveys. The personal pronouns were analyzed in terms of the number of first-and second-person singular pronouns and whether the pronouns can be dropped when used as the subject of a sentence in speech. Cultures with pronoun drop languages tended to be less Individualistic than those with nonpronoun drop languages. The number of personal pronouns correlated with some cultural dimensions that reflected different conceptions of the person. Personal deixis (person-indexing pronouns) may provide a window through which cultural practices can be investigated.