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Read the excerpt below, taken from the poem "(A Poem Is a)...
Read the excerpt below, taken from the poem "(A Poem Is a) Naming Ceremony", by the poet Rena Priest, a citizen of the Lhaq’temish Nation, the original inhabitants of Washington's northernmost coast and southern British Columbia.
[…]
I want to […]—learn the language to see
the cotton wood as kwealich ice, the dancing tree;
the killer whales as quell’ lhol mechen, our relatives
under the sea; the whole glorious landscape
filled with meaning to end my grieving.
When I was young, I was invited to learn
Xwilngexw’qen, the people’s language,
but I said no. I didn’t understand. I thought
I wanted to learn how to be rich. I didn’t know
that the only way to posses all the weather
of the world is by naming it—here is bird song,
here is the kiss of a lover, here is the feel
of cold water at the peak of summer.
I have spent my life with words, trying to name
a hint of what I lost by not learning my language.
[…]
PRIEST, Rena. (A Poem Is a) Naming Ceremony. The Madrona Project, Pacific Northwest, v. 2, n. 1, 1 jul. 2021.
Considering the ideas presented in the poem and your knowledge of language relativity and the relationship between language and culture, tick the correct alternative.
A
Culture should not be present in language studies or be considered in language education since discursive practices have little or nothing to do with social practices or cultural realities.
B
The communicative context of language is not influenced by cultural differences. Although we know that speakers of different discourses have different worldviews, this cultural detail does not play a part in conceiving meaning.
C
Although culture plays an important role in language, it's completely possible to fully learn and understand a language, especially in its communicative and interactional function, just focusing on the decontextualized study of grammar.
D
There is no interdependence between language and culture. The grammatical and semantic categories and aspects are in no way influenced by cultural elements. In the same way, the worldview of a community it is not affected by language.
E
Language is the way whereby we live our lives. It organizes, through grammar and syntax, how a community sees the world that surrounds it. Language embodies cultural realities, and it is a powerful way to conceive and express social identity.