An Analysis of Sexism in the English Language英语专业毕业论文

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1、AnAnalysisofSexismintheEnglishLanguageContentAbstract…………………………………………………4I.Introduction………………………………………..5II.BackgroundInformation…………………………..62.1TheDefinitionofSexism………………………62.2TheDevelopmentandChangeofSexism……...7III.TheFactorsofSexismintheEnglishLanguage…..83.1TheHistoricalBackground…………………….9

2、3.2TheInfluenceofCulturalAwareness…………..93.3TheEconomicandSocialstatus……...............103.4ThePhysiologicalQuality…………………….113.5ThePsychologicalCondition…………………12IV.TheManifestationofSexismintheEnglishLanguage…………………………………………124.1SexismintheMorphology…………………....134.1.1ByAddingaBoundMorpheme…………….

3、134.1.2ByCompoundingwithaWordReferringtoFemale……………………………………………144.2SexismintheSyntax…………………………144.2.1SexisminGenericPronouns………………..144.2.2SexisminTagQuestion……………………..154.3SexismintheSemantics………………………164.3.1ChoiceofWords…………………………….164.3.1.1MaleandFemaleHavingtheDifferentProfessions………………………………

4、……….164.3.1.2MaleandFemaleHavingtheSameProfessions……………………………………….174.3.2CollotationofWords………………………..174.3.3SemanticChangeofWords…………………184.3.4SemanticsinWordOrder……………….......184.3.5SemanticsinMetaphor……………………...194.3.5.1MetaphotinFood…………………………194.3.5.2MetaphorinAnimal………………………194.4SexisminProv

5、erbs……………………………204.4.1Status………………………………………..204.4.2Marriage…………………………………….204.4.3Behavior…………………………………….214.4.4Intelligence………………………………….21I.TheSignsoftheFadingofSexismintheEnglishLanguage…………………………………………225.1AvoidingtheUseofMasculinePronouns…….235.2LexicalNeutralization……………………….24I.Conclusion……

6、………………………………….25References…………………………………………….26[Abstract]Languageplaysanessentialroleinsociety.Asakindofsocialphenomenon,itdefinitelyreflectsdifferentsetsofsocialconcepts.Sexismisanabnormalphenomenonwhichtakesanattitudeofmale-as-norm,insultingandneglectingwomensoastomaketheminsignificant.Alltheseca

7、nbeshownthroughlanguage.Inessence,thesexisminlanguageistheexactreflectionofthesexisminsociety,andeachlinkscloselywithanother.Firstofall,thispaperexplainsthevariousversionsofthemeaningofsexismanditsdevelopmentinEn