【毕业论文】英语与性别关系分析.docVIP

【标题】英语与性别关系分析 【作者】李明明 【关键词】英语；?性别；?性别歧视；?女权运动 【指导老师】王 露 杨 波 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionWhen the first article specially related to women and language was published in a major linguistics journal in1973, an increasing number of scholars have been conducting research on language, gender, and sexism. Robin Lakoff’s study suggested that womens’ insecurity due to sexism in society. 1Variations in the dialects of men and women occur in America and some other countries. In Japanese, both men and women are fully aware of using the standard dialect; women may choose to speak a distinct dialect. It has been said that guide and helper dogs in Japan are trained in English, because the sex of the owner is not known in advance, and it is easier for an impaired person to use English than to train the dog in both language styles.In fact, language itself is beyond good and evil, but its use may be one or the other. If we view women or Africans or Hispanics as inferior, then we are likely to regard their language characteristics as inferior. Furthermore, when society itself institutionalizes such attitudes, the language reflects it. When everyone in society is truly equal, and treated as so, there will be little concern for the asymmetries that exist in language.II. Difference between Sex and GenderThe terms sex and gender are two concepts in Modern English. Sex is condition of being male or female, it can”t be changed. But gender is classification of a noun or pronoun as masculine or feminine, it can be changed in many situations.A. Sex and GenderSince classical times, the term sex has been used to designate matters related to biology and medicine when male, female or bisexual were in context. Either of the two main groups?(male and female) into which living things is placed according to their functions in the process of reproduction. Thus animals?(including humans), are categorized like this: spermatozoa?(males) or ova?(females). Among non-human animals, bisexuali