Question

What role does culture play in language and thinking?

Answer 1

Culture is one of the most important factors that shapes one's personality, perspectives, lifestyle, language and the way they think about various events in their lives. Language is the expression of one's thoughts and one's thoughts are regulated and restricted by the cultural factors that govern a society. This is what differentiates developed countries with individualistic societies, developing countries with collective societies and underdeveloped societies with very strict cultural impacts on the lives of the people.
Most of a person's thoughts are governed by the cultural elements which further prevents or enriches the langauge, a kind of freedom of expression both in spoken and written languages. Wherever people had individual rights supported by culture, the society advanced, one example from this is scientific advancements which went against most of he belief system of religion and popular thoughts thus these cultures prevented any element that prevented free thinking and freedom of expression, including religion.
Few countries lay lots of restrictions on people thus limiting them from thinking because language will be useful only when one is allowed to think and allowed to express otherwise, it's of no use. Thus culture plays an important role in thinking and language.