语言是社会文化的一个方面,是文化的一个子系统。人们经常说语言是文化的载体,其实这是不全面的。载体与运载物既可分别存在,也可用别的载体和运载物进行替换。但语言和文化的关系则不同,因为一切文化活动和文化创造都离不开语言的作用,所以文化的积累也都保存在语言的信息系统之中,这是其他任何载体都不可能与之相提并论的。 Language is one aspect of social culture and a subsystem of culture. People often say that language is the carrier of culture, which is actually not comprehensive. The carrier and the carrier may exist separately or may be replaced with another carrier and carrier. But the relationship between language and culture is different because all cultural activities and cultural creation are inseparable from the role of language, so the accumulation of culture is also preserved in the language information system, which is impossible to be compared with any other carrier of.