英语词汇中的性别歧视---毕业论文.docVIP

【标题】英语词汇中的性别歧视 【作者】刘前辉 【关键词】性别歧视；英语词汇 【指导老师】李天梅 【专业】英语 【正文】I. IntroductionAs the peculiar result of the development of human society, language is a kind of social phenomenon and naturally reflects all the sides of human society. Its existence and development are closely linked with the social attitudes of human beings and to a great extent are affected by their social views and values.Historically and sociologically, our society is man-oriented and man-centered. Woman, regarded as a weaker gender in society, are discriminated for a long time and completely subordinated in the political life, the economic life and even the family life in the society dominated by men. Unavoidably, this kind of phenomenon has been embodied in English vocabulary. In linguistic aspect, language is a bias-based and women suffer from language sexism.There are several definitions about sexism. According to Webster Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, it refers to?“prejudice or discrimination based on sex; esp. discrimination against women.” 1 Longman English Dictionary gives another explanation?“base on sex, esp. man looks down upon female.” 2 The America Heritage Dictionary for Learners of English gives such a definition?“Discrimination based on sex, especially discrimination against women.” 3 So, based on the language custom,?“sexism” always expresses that discrimination against the female.Sexism exists in all the social systems countries, and as a common social phenomenon, it is surly reflected in English vocabulary. This paper lists out some Linguistic features of sexism in English vocabulary, the reasons of sexism in English vocabulary and current trends for non-sexist language.II. Sex Discrimination in English VocabularyA. Sexually Weighted Word for WomanLanguage exists to allow us to communicate with one another. To this end, language serves two purposes: to communicate what our reality is and also what we wish it to be. So if we identify a trait in a language, such as