Uzbekistan state world languages university d. U. Ashurova m. R. Galieva

Cross-cultural analysis is based on comparing and contrasting: a) culturally and conceptually relevant linguistic units in the text (linguoculturemes); b) universal and nationally-specific properties of linguistic units including texts; c) cultural concepts manifesting universal and nationally-specific cultural values.

The choice of these methods depends on the aim of the research; nonetheless, many of them are used complementarily to study such a complex phenomenon as relationships between language and culture.

Questions and tasks for discussion

1. 
   Discuss different definitions and views of the notion “culture”
   
2. 
   What are the basic features of culture from the positions of contemporary cultural studies?
   
3. 
   Speak on the different approaches to the notion of culture (national, evaluative, social, textual, normative, dialogic, cognitive, symbolic, typological)
   
4. 
   What is the role of language in representing culture?
   
5. 
   What types of cultural values are represented in language?
   
6. 
   How can cultural values be differentiated according to the degree of their prevalence?
   
7. 
   What quotations of prominent scholars concerning he problem of “language and culture” do you know?