The European Conference on Cultural Studies 2016
Official Conference Proceedings

The European Conference on Cultural Studies 2016
Official Conference Proceedings

The European Conference on Cultural Studies 2016
Official Conference Proceedings

The role of culture in a field as vast as applied linguistics is so pronounced and vital
that even a highly selective overview might not be sufficient to be comprehensive.
What follows might be a synoptic account of the role of culture in the realm of
applied linguistics. The enigmatic point which even makes the vast field of applied
linguistics goes to unbeaten tracks is the similar nature of culture. Due to the
aforementioned point, here the canonical overlap of them is emphasised. Moreover, as
culture and language are intrinsically intertwined, it’s decided to have a more cultural
stance rather than a linguistic one. In this presentation, major studies in connection
with language and culture will be considered first. Then, it’ll be be tried to unravel, or
better to say, to come to grips with this enigmatic riddle, culture. It will be explained
that it is hard to give a clear-cut definition for culture. However, it might be possible
to shape or even make what it must be.

Mahdi Dahmardeh