Speaking to So Many an Audience
Speaking to So Many an Audience

How Language Enables the Communication of Culture

Summary/Abstract: It is commonly putative that communication is an integral feature of culture and that it plays a vital role in its dissemination. The communication of culture, indeed, has always been at the heart of many philosophical as well as sociological debates. With the intensification of attempts to engage in intercultural dialogues, cultures have had the chance to get incorporated into an increasingly multilingual and multicultural world. Still an important point is the fact that language has been a key marker in the spread of any culture and on a global scale. However, not all languages can be handy in doing the communicational job, rather the careful choice of a global language is what makes a difference in all cultural dialogues. To this end, many Moroccan and African writers, as highlighted in this paper, have put all their trust in English as a global language having the potency to transmit their messages and take up the mission of communication successfully to reach so many an audience worldwide. In this sense, this paper seek out to advance a perception of the intercultural dimension in communication. Its inclination to endorse a thoughtful view of the relationship between language and intercultural communication is perceived as a contribution, on the one hand, to a writer’s self-assertion and, on the other hand, to transnational understanding, interchange and collaboration between nations of the world.

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