Preface
In recent years, an interesting topic has aroused the great concern of many linguists, which is language difference between genders. To some extent, it is not a newly-emerging topic however, with the development of qualify-oriented education; this topic has become more and more popular.
This paper will discuss about the features of gender languages in detail. The paper falls into three parts, namely three chapters. Chapter 1 mainly deals with the introduction of the gender language-------put forward the question. Chapter 2 mainly discussed some aspects that gender difference will affect: such as pronunciation, grammar, lexical form, and so on. This chapter aims at analyzing the problem in details. Chapter 3 sums up the reasons for gender difference.
This paper has not merely discussed the gender difference, in the aspect of language use, and meanwhile it has apply gender difference to the aspect of language learning, and then to the research of Anthropology.
目录
Preface 1
1. Introduction 2
2. Features of Gender Languages Reflected in the Following Aspects 3
2.1 Pronunciation and Grammar 3
2.2 Lexical Form 3
2.3 Tag Questions 6
2.4 Rising Tone in Statements 6
2.5 Compound Requests as Commands 6
2.6 International Strategies 7
2.7 Hedges 7
2.8 Topic of Conversation 7
2.9 Interruptions in Conversation 7
2.10 Minimal Responses 8
2.11 Dialect 8
2.12 Pronouns 8
2.13 Cross-gender Communication as Cross-cultural Communication 9
2.14 Performing 9
3. Reasons Accounting for Gender Differentiation 10
3.1 Status Consciousness 10
3.2 The “Linguistic Insecurity” 11
3.3 Women’s Role in Child Rearing 11
3.4 Labor Market Dynamics 11
3.5 Social Stratification 12
3.6 Women’s Movement 12
3.7 Subculture 12
3.8 Power Difference 13
4. Conclusion 14
References 14
Acknowledgements 15
