從社會(huì)語言學(xué)角度英語語言性別差異字?jǐn)?shù)(編輯修改稿)
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【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 h my pants down”, it won’t be appropriate for women to say that.Oscar Wilde said: women are charming, they may never want to say anything, it was enough to make ecstasy swing soul if they said.” The longstanding ritual practices show that women should be gentle, demure and prudent, so women must always pay attention to their demeanor and use graceful and standardized languages , otherwise they will lack selfcultivation. Therefore, in this social atmosphere women should speak in a soft, gentle sound. Women mental age are earlier than males’ before puberty which makes their understanding of interpersonal relationships and psychology deeper than males. After puberty, males are brave to risk, women are gentle and delicate. These different psychological characteristics determine that there are obvious differences in language style.(1) males’ words are more succinct and direct. An American sociolinguist had ever said that the discourse of women are politer than females’ words because the expressions of women are less confident than males’, women always like to express their views adding You know, I think, I guess or I39。m not sure “It seems to me” “Well”, “you know”, “kind of” Do you think so?” and Would you please ...? . The study finds that even if women feel confident about what they say, they are still not confident or hesitant. Women like to use modal words to suggest others instead of ordering others to do something such as could, may, might, should, would. And then they like to use some adverbs of modal meaning to avoid assertion such as maybe, perhaps, probably, possibly, certainly. If they entrust others, women often take an indirect tactful way to say: “ I was wondering if you could possibly do me a small favor, if you wouldn’t mind.” But men like bluntly to express their wishes and ideas instead of hesitating. The study also shows that there are some gender differences in the use of the imperative. Women will use plex sentences or questions whereas men use simple sentences without modifications. The situation in the Lebanon is awful, isn39。t it?” “ They caught the robber last week, didn39。t they?”Michael: Grime the pliers (Poochie gives pliers to Michael).Huey: Get off my steps (Poochie moves down steps) (Coats,1986:107). If we want others to turn down radio volume, men generally like to use Please turn down your radio. Women will say Would you please turn down your radio? or Will you please turn down your radio? [2]. Women also like to use the sentence pattern of Let’s, eg: Sharon: Let’s go around subs and subs. In general, men often talk about some topics such as work, economy, sports and petition, the topics of women are social life, family, personal affairs and emotional feelings. Comparing with men, women are more willing to talk about the topic directly and candidly reveal their emotions, men seldom reveal themselves in front of others. The reason is that women seek to establish intimate friendship by talking about the topic of personal feelings, Men expect to show prestige and dominance through some serious topics.Gender differences in wordformation: Modern society is“phallocentric” and“l(fā)ogocentirc”, Derrida points that in a patriarchal society, the word center is very obvious, women are implicit halfly. An American linguists mentioned a typical example in the book of Sexism and Language,Let me show you the restrictions that would be placed on my daughter...Among the peculiar restrictions placed on her would be that could never really participate in the brotherhood of mankind. And regardless of what her forefathers were, she couldn’t have been born an Irishman, a Frenchman ,or a Dutchman...At school she would have to learn early that she could serve on mittees but never be the spokesman or chairman. She could participate in sports, but she could not practice sportsmanship. In baseball she could be a pitcher or a catcher but not the ball boy or the first baseman...even if she rose to real power in the world and became a queen, she couldn’t rule because there are only kingdomsno queendoms...But if by some happenstance, she did succeed in gaining power in
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