Yang, P. (1995). 民族语言与文化的共性 (The characteristics common to languages and cultures). 《外语与外语教学》(Foreign Languages And Their Teaching), 16(2), 20-23.

Although there are a great variety of differences existing among languages andclutures of the separate ethnic groups, they are likely to share views about the world based on their common instincts for existence. These similarities can be found in a number of aspects of unique languages and cultures. Hence, it is maintained that the universal features are specifically eye-catching in the use of some idioms and in traditional practices. Meanwhile, this makes possible the successful intercultural communication , in which the interactants can secure an even more complete and better understanding of other languages and cultures and their own.