TO THE QUESTION OF CORRELATION OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
The urgent problem of the relationship between language and culture is analyzed. The main trends of linguistic and cultural studies on this problem are considered. The peculiarities of three scientific approaches to the solution of this problem are revealed. According to the first approach language is a simple reflection of culture, because language reflects reality, and culture is an integral component of the reality. Supporters of the second approach claim that, on the one hand, language determines the cultural reality, but on the other, cultural values and beliefs create a sort of linguistic reality, that shows the opposite effects of language on culture. In the third approach, it is concluded that language is a fact of culture, it is its integral part that we inherit from our ancestors; language is the main tool by means of which we learn culture.