Li2Languagevariation分析.pptVIP

Li2 Language variation gender Today’s topics Sex vs gender Linguistic reflections of social attitudes concerning gender Gender-based linguistic differences Inherent vs. grammatical gender inherent gender (sex) ? socially-constructed gender 3rd social gender in Oman: gay men Some Native American groups distinguish 4 social genders languages may grammatically encode either type of gender, or neither Neither: Armenian, Turkish, Persian, Abkhaz Inherent: Tukanoan; English (for humans) Social: English dialects Linguistic reflections of social attitudes concerning gender 2 main theories of language/