Underground culture

without knowing and evaluating the characteristic of individual is called cultural prejudice (Zhang and Xu, 2007). So in cross cultural communication people become judgmental about an individual on the basis of previous knowledge and common features of culture instead of analyzing the individual behavior. As a result it is very common to receive comments like you are from China so you don’t have human rights or you are from America so you don’t feel safe to go out at night. It is very easy to…

In this era, weddings are set to be celebrated in a grand scale because that is the norm of society. It is set to be a good way to celebrate love. This lavish of extravaganza weddings are more common in Asian countries as compared to other countries. Why are these so? Is it not a mere waste of money? There are a few factors that one believe it’s best to celebrate their wedding in a grand scale. According to Boo-Su Lyn from Malay Mail Online (2014) that has interviewed Dr. Farah and a few other…

us are conceived with an inner and outer culture. By and by, culture is a general public, religion, dressing, dialect, and race. Outside culture, is the surface, for example, attire, dialect, music, ethnicity, and even religion. Inward culture is the shallow inside, for instance, feelings, values, ethics, correspondence, and even deep sense of being. A person’s outer personality does not recognize their identity or their social character. Our inner culture somewhat does. However, people tend to…

Peter Newmark, defines culture as “the way of life and its manifestationsthat are peculiar to a community that uses a particular language as its means of expression” (1988:94). Consequently, each community has its own particular cultural patterns. The translator’s role becomes clearly a transcultural mediator between communities. Newmark sustains (1988:95) that language is not a component of culture, whereas Hans Vermeer remarks (2000:222) that language is part of a culture. In these terms,…

to Western culture, the mindset of “One is more attractive to another one if one is westernized,” is planted and rooted in most of the youth’s brain cell. In contrast to Asian culture which is conservative, Western culture is a more liberal policy towards material and non-material culture such as wearing, thinking, and others. In my opinion, I strongly agree with the writer’s opinion as it is undeniable that young people in general would rather prefer Western culture over Asian culture due to…

were the most representative sample of universal humanity and this annoys sufficiency particularly the Chinese, even if they themselves are not left on the ground of national pride and sense superiority. Undoubtedly, the Chinese are proud of their culture and values attached to her door; with the difference that they do not claim to impose them on others, but they have a keen awareness of the relativity and the movement of things, ups and downs through which can pass a civilization, which allows…

Law has a wide range of definitions. It is not restricted by the law set by an official party. Law is implemented everywhere even in our homes between our families. Law has been defined as “a rule of human conduct, imposed upon and enforced among the members of a given state” (Yadugiri and Bhasker 2005). Law is related to the existence of a society, and the existence of a man within that society is what enforces the law (Mansour 2010). According to that, law is playing a significant part in the…

Language with all its paraphernalia, opens its wings of expression and communication in to new horizons of aesthetic experience. In addition, there is the inherent nature of language itself, which ultimately represents, symbolises, expresses, and can even shape our experience, but it is not the experience itself .With in communication, there is a lot of translation that must take place to go from the essence of our personal experience to the communication of words. In order to…

variables. Recent studies have shown that respondents have rated “safety” as one of the most important factors taken in account when choosing for a place to travel to (Linh, 2015; Hsu et al., 2009). According to Linh (2015), the cost of traveling, culture, climate, and the environment were also important factors amongst college students. Furthermore, two of the factors that were rated highest in deciding on a city to travel to by Danish students were how convenient it was to get to their…

Identity refers to the different qualities, expressions and beliefs used to make a person unique. There are plenty of factors that can influence a person’s identity but I choose to believe that a person’s identity is molded by the physical environment they are placed. Home; the most important place in a person’s life and definitely the most important place that influences a person’s identity. Home is where I was born and raised as a child – a place where I first cried, laughed, smiled, walked…