Differences of Language from a Cross-Cultural Perspective
Differences of Language from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Summary/Abstract: Cultural differences are best reflected in languages spoken by native speakers. We have to be aware of the precise interpretation of culture, the determinants of culture and identity. This paper aims to show differences of thought from a cross-cultural perspective by three aspects: anthropological and linguistic points of view and the appearance of shared values in business life. The anthropological approach can be best illustrated in Florence R. Kluckhohn’s Values Orientations Method, which aims to compare and contrast the underlying ‘orientations’, or world views. The linguistic approach gives the bedrock of the paper by analyzing whether different ways of describing the world leads speakers of different languages also to have different ways of thinking about the world. Through Trompenaars' and Hampden-Turner's cultural factors, Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and in Hall’s classic models the appearance of cultural differences in business life is focused on.

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