My view on identity and language分析和总结总结.pdf

My view on identity and language When people talk about their identity, they may probably refer to their nationality, gender, age, religion, to name only a few. How do they develop their identity? In other words, what is a must for them to develop their identity? From the utmost beginning, language plays an important role in this process. Identity and language have a close relationship in every individual’s life. Generally speaking, different identities of people have various language styles. For instance, an American usually likes to come to the point in the first place, while a Chinese would like to say it indirectly. When a Chinese girl turns down someone, she will tell the boy that he is very excellent but she thinks they don ’t suit for each other. In the same situation, an American girl may tend to say：“sorry，you are not my taste.” According to the Oxford Advanced Learners ’Dictionary, gender means the fact of being male or female. In terms of gender, the male and female usually use different language styles in the same situation. For example, the words that a woman tends to chose are gentler than a man ’s. When a woman wants to communicate with others, she will prefer to use the language that leads to cooperation, imitation and harmony. On the contrary, a man would like to show his social status and the sense of competition. In addition, children often use simple and easy language in their childhood. A mounting number of children are favor of an article as follow. There are many kinds of courage. Courage is two candy bars and saving one for tomorrow. Courage is nobody better pick on you little brother. Courage is to taste the vegetable before making a face. From these simple sentences, we can conclude that children ’s language is lively and simple. The words