Linguistic Sexism in English Language 英语毕业论文.docVIP

Linguistic Sexism in English Language 1. Introduction Do the men and women who speak a certain language use it in different ways? If they do, where do these differences arise? Is it because of the language itself or of the society? Does sexism exist in language? What should we do to solve it? All these play a very important role in social linguistics. The studies on language and gender are helpful to know more about the relationship between language and society. In the last decades of the twentieth century, these issues generated a considerable amount of thoughts and discussions. The topic L