Sexism in the English Language through Asymmetrical Phenomenon 英语毕业论文

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1、SexismintheEnglishLanguagethroughAsymmetricalPhenomenon　　Abstract：Thisthesisfocusesontheasymmetricalphenomenon,whichreflectedintheextensiveusageofmasculinewords,themarkedfemalewordsandunmarkedmalewords,positivewordsformalesandnegativewordsforfemales,andetc.F

2、inally,thethesisputsforwardsomewaysoffightingagainstsexism.Sexismisasocietyproblem,whichcanbetracedtoitshistoricalandculturalsources.Inordertoachievenon-sexisminlanguage，socialsexismshouldbeeliminatedfirst.KeyWord：sexism;asymmetricalphenomenon;masculinewords

3、;derogationoffemalewords　　1.Introduction　　Asaproductofsocietyandonespecialcommunicativemethodsofhuman,languagereflectsalltheaspectsofhumansocietynaturally.Languageisn’tsexisminitself,butwhenreferringtolanguageandsex,peopleimmediatelythinkofsexism.Sexismwaspu

4、tforthafterthediscoveryoflinguisticasymmetry.TheasymmetricalphenomenoninEnglishlanguageistheoreticallybasedonSapir-WhorfHypothesis,whichhasagreatinfluenceontheresearchbetweenlanguageandculture.　　2.ReflectionofasymmetricalphenomenoninEnglishlanguage　　Linguist

5、icasymmetryisoneofthetraditionalapproachestothestudyofthesexismagainstwomeninlanguage.Hellinger(1989)inherarticle“RevisingthePatriarchalParadigmLanguageChangedFeministLanguagePolitics”[1](QuotedfromTangJinwen,2002)looksbackoveraratherlongperiodoftimeconcerni

6、ngtheresearchofsexismagainstwomeninlanguage.　　2.1.Asymmetricalphenomenonreflectedinmasculinelanguageasstandardwhereasfemininelanguageassubordinate　　2.1.1.theextensiveusageofmasculinewords　　That“menembracewomen”isarelativelyrecentrationalizationinthehistoryof

7、thelanguage.In1746，JohnKirkbyformulatedhis“Eighty-eightGrammaticalRules.”[2](QuotedfromZhuLi,2004).ThesearetheproductofMr.Kirkby’sownimagination.RuleNo.21statedthatthemalegenderwasmorecomprehensivethanthefemale，whichisamovetowardstheconceptthatmaleisthenorm，

8、butwomanisonlythesubordinationorvariation.Inthisway,womenarealwaysmadeinvisible.　　Thefactthattheword“man”,“mankind”and“he”areusedastermsforthehumanracereflectsmaledominanceinsociety,womenissubor