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英语论文英语中的性别歧视.docx

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TheSexisminEnglishLanguage英语中的性别歧视AbstractSexisminEnglishlanguagehas
‘sliberationmovementsincetheendof
launchedalongwiththevigorousdevelopmentofwomen
1960s.Asamirrorreflectingthesocietylanguageimagesthesocialviewsandvalues.Sexisminsocietyisthusinevitablyreflectedintheuseoflanguage.ThepaperbasedontheanalysisofsexdiscriminationinEnglishexploresthatitisbynomeansanextinctionofsexistlanguagesolongasthesexisminsocietyexists.Thecausesofsexisminthisthesisaretheinequalitybetweenmale
andfemale.Inancienttimethethoughtsthatmaleshostfemalesandthetreatmentofwomenasinferiorstomenareinvogue.Menarealwaysatsuperiorpositionstowomeninthesocialeconomyinthepoliticsaswellasinthepeople
‘straditionalideassotheideaofsexdiscrimination
hasreflectedinthelanguage.ThethesissummarizesthephenomenaofsexisminEnglishbyusinguniversalevidenceandtheyareshownanddiscussedinfour
aspects:EnglishproverbsEnglish
expressionsEnglishvocabularyandthemeaningsofEnglishwords.LastlythethesisintroducestwofeasiblestrategiestoerasesexisminEnglishlanguageandtheyare:languagereformandsocialreform.Themostimportantoneistoerasethesexistconceptionsandimprovewomen‘sstatusrespectandsupportthem.Thelanguagetransformationcanberealisticonthebasisofthesocialreform.KeyWordsSexismfemalewordsmasculinewordsstrategies摘要自20世纪60年代起语言性别歧视已随着女性解放运动的展开而得到蓬勃发展。语言是社会现实的一种反映因此由于历史发展、文化、社会价值及男女两性之间在生理等方面的差异而引起的性别歧视尤其是社会对女性的性别歧视一览无余的体现在语言上

英语语言中也存在性别歧视。本篇论文阐述了性别歧视产生的原因是男女地位的不平等

在人类早期
男尊女卑的思想盛行
男子在社会经济、政治、文化领域以及人们的传统观念中
总是处于比女性优越
的地位人们在观念上形成的对妇女特有的歧视观念慢慢形成并反映在语言中。本文分析了性
别歧视在英语中的四个方面的表现在谚语中
在词汇中
在词语中和在词义中
通过大量的举例和分类来系统阐述。最后着重讨论了消除性别歧视语所应采取的一些策略从语言策略和社会策略两方面入手
要消除性别歧视
关键在于根除社会上存在的性别歧视观念
进一步提高妇女的社会地位
语言的变革只能在社会变革的基础上才能实现。

关键词性
别歧视女性词男性词

策略IntroductionLanguageisasocialphenomenonandithasa
closerelationshipwiththesociallifethelanguageisusedinaspecificsocialgroupanditisnotonlythecarrieroftheideologicalcontentbutamirrorofsociallifeitrevealspeople
thoughtsthatsexdiscriminationagainstwomeninthesociety.FromthedevelopmentandchangesofthelanguagepeoplecanconcludethatsexdiscriminationdoesnotonlyexistinChinabutinall
thecountries.ThereforehowdoesEnglishlanguagereflectthesocialphenomenonThefirstpersonwhodidresearchonthegenderandlanguageistheDenmarklinguistOtto.JespersenheregardsEnglishasthemostmasculinelanguagethatisfamiliartohimanditisamancenteredlanguage.ThedomesticscholarsandexpertsYangYonglinBaiJiehongandsoonhavedonethoroughresearchaboutsexistelementintheEnglishlanguagetheyalsohaveintroducedsome
feasiblestrategiestoerasethesexismbuttheyjusthavedonethoroughresearchfromthelanguagestrategyaspect.Inthethesistheauthordoestheresearchfromthecombinationofthesocial
reformsandlanguagereformsanditisessentialtoerasethesexismfrompeople
asoneofthemostwidespreadlanguagesitssexistelementshallnotbesuitabletotheinterculturalcommunicationsbutthereismassivediscriminationinitpeopleshouldpaymuchmoreattentiontothesexequalityandtheimprovementofwomen‘ssocialpositions.Understanding
thesexistphenomenoninEnglishlanguagehelpspeoplestudythelanguagecultureandcorrectlytreatthechangesofthelanguageinthehistoricaldevelopment.Thethesisemphaticallyintroducesand
sminds.English

‘

analyzesthespecificphenomenaofsexismandalsoprovidescorrespondingstrategiesthatcanbeusedtoeliminatesexisminEnglishlanguage.
Ⅰ.ADefinitiontoSexisminEnglishLanguage

SexismintheOxfordAdvancedLearner‘sEnglish-Chinesedictionaryitmeansthatdisapprovingactionbasedontheideasorbeliefthatthemembersofonesexarelessintelligentableandskillfuletcthanthemembersoftheothersexespeciallythatwomenarelessablethanmenandthoseparticularjobsandactionsaresuitableforasintheprejudicialuseoffemaleor
womenandothersaresuitableformen.Sexism
in
EnglishreferstoEnglishexpressessexistassumptionsaboutdifferencesbetweenmenandwomen
malewordsSexistlanguageexpressesunfairassumptions
thesishererevealshowoftenEnglishexpressessexist
―If

anddifferencesanditcanbeeitherexplicitasintheprejudicialuseofmaleorfemalepronounsorimplicit.Usinguniversalevidencethe
assumptionsaboutdifferencesbetweenmenandwomen.JustasaproverbgoesinEngland:youseeanoldmansitdownandtakealessonifyouseeanoldwomanthrowastone.
‖what
expressesEnglishversionofthesexismprescribedforwomenisparticularlyconfining.Englishjokesandfolkloreareblatantlysexist.NilsenAlleenPace1990.Infactwomanintheworldnomatterinwhichcountryshelivestherolesdesignatedtothemisunfairinthesociety.language.Anditisshownanddiscussedin
fouraspects:EnglishproverbsEnglish
Ⅱ.Sexismexpressions

inEnglishLanguageThepaperpresentsthesexistphenomenonwhichisveryuniversalinEnglishEnglishvocabularyandthemeaningsofEnglishwords.A.SexisminEnglishProverbsProverbiscrystallizationofhumanwisdomandincarnationoftheconciselanguage.Thelinguistsconsidertheproverbsasamirroroftheethnicthelivefossil
furtherstudyofthelanguagethelinguistshavefoundwhatreferstobothgendersmostproverbsineverykindoflanguageunavoidablyexpresstheaffectionofthemalechauvinismconsciousnessofthetreatmentoffemalesareinferiorphenomenaof
tomalesandfollowings
ofthelanguage.Inrecentyearswiththe

andfeudal
aresomeusual

thesexistlanguageinEnglishproverbs.1.RolecategoryThewomenare
―Afairwomanwithoutvirtueislike
anddeedsaremen‖.Thewisdombutmenareclever
consideredasdeliciousfoodinthesocietytherolesofwomeninthesocietyandcultureineverycountryareverypassivebutmenareactiveforexample:

palledwine‖―allwomenmaybewon‖―wordsarewomensentence―longhairandshortwit‖expresseswomenislackofanotherexamplegoeslikethis:

―whenanassclimbsaladderwemayfindwisdomin‖women

庄和诚

arelackofwisdomandtheyarecapricious.
2.MannerCategoryInmodernsocietymostpeopleholdsuchmindthatmenaresuccessfulbutwomenaresexy.InAmericancultureawomanisvaluedfortheattractivenessandsexinessofherbodywhilemanisvaluedforhisphysicalstrengthandaccomplishments.Apersuasivepieceof
evidencesupportingthisviewisthatfemaleeponymsrelatecloselytoawoman‘sphysicalanatomywhilethemasculineeponymshavenothingtodowiththenamesake
honorthemanforhisachievementandaccomplishment.3.MarriageCategoryInrelationmarriagethereismuchlinguisticevidenceshowingthatweddingsaremoreimportanttowomenthantomen.Manyproverbsreflectsuchfeudalfamily.Forexample:
consciousnessthatgirlsarenotimportant

‘sbodybutinsteadto
ina
―itisasadhousewherethehencrowslouderthanthecock‖―Marry
revealedwomenareinferior
the
yoursonwhenyouwillyourdaughterwhenyoucan‖―therearemanygoodwomenitistruebuttheyareintheirgraves‖.庄和诚

andsubordinatetothem.B.SexisminEnglishExpressionsEnglishhasgraduallyformed
tendencythattheexpressionsreferredtothemalegeneralizetheonespointedtothetwogendersduringitsdevelopment.Althoughpeopledonotmindtodiscriminateagainstwomenduringtheir

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