Gender_Differences_in_English_Language 2.doc

毕业论文 题 目 Gender Differences in English Language 2.1.1 The use of adverbs, adjectives and expletives. Female prefer to use the following expressions: vastly, horridly, abominably, immensely, excessively, amazingly, 2.1.2 The use of adjectives. Female prefer to use words like adorable、charming、divine、lovely and sweet more than male. Female will use adorable to describe rich clothes, divine to Tempting chocolate, gorgeous to delicious food and so on while male prefer to use neutral terms like great, terrific, cool, neat. The former terms give off the feeling of feminine or even gay. For color, female is doing better than male. Maybe it is because female is more fond of beauty and female is good at using exact words to describe different colors. In spite of those common color terms, female can even use mauve, azure, beige, lavender and aquamarine exactly. At this point, male must admit defeat [8]. 2.1.3 Selection forms and frequency of popular words and slang. Many surveys of linguists show that most slang is from the mouth of male. In English and American society, under the influence of this double value standard—what he can do vs. how she looks, in most cases, the vulgar slang, swearing rough language and dirty jokes belong to male discourse patent while female rarely use them. Of course, gender differences in the use of English words are not limited to these aspects. 2.2 Gender Differences in Discourse Styles male often shows strong competition during conversation, tending to control the choice of topics and chances of speech instead of letting others say, and the result may be someone talking much more than others. W 2.3Gender Differences in Communication Language behavior differences between male and female exist in different social groups, in spite of larger differences in some communities; there are smaller differences in other communities. Generally speaking, compared with feminine language, male languag