Culture - the Fifth Language Skill

The statement that “Language is Culture and Culture is Language” assumes the indissoluble bond between them. Franz Boas- a German American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology"- argued that one could not really understand another culture without having direct access to its language because of the intimate connection between culture and language. Language is so complexly intertwined with culture that language and culture must have evolved together, influencing one another in the process and ultimately shaping what it means to be human. According to A.L. Kroeber(1923), “Culture, then, began when speech was present; and from then on, the enrichment of either means the further development of the other.”
To my judgment it is worthwhile to analyze and get deeper into the conception of language and culture before to continue the research of the issue. …