| LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
Language and culture are two inseparable items. Mulyana (2004: 73) states
that “language is a cultural representation, or a ‘rough map’ that reflects culture,
including world views, beliefs, values, knowledge, and experiences which are practiced
by related communities.” Chaer and Agustina (2004:164) describe that “culture is
everything that concerns human life including regulations or law that prevail in society
products made by human beings, habits and tradition which are usually done, and
interaction and communication devices used i.e. language and other nonverbal
communication.” Wardhaugh (1988: 212) explain that one of the claims concerning the
relationship between language and culture is that the culture of people is reflected in the
language they employ because they use their language in ways that reflect what they
value and what they do. From the definition of language and culture above, it can be
inferred that language and culture are two c losely related items i.e. language reflects
culture and culture includes language.
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