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

2、rdsomewaysoffightingagainstsexism.Sexismisasocietyproblem,whichcanbetracedtoitshistoricalandculturalsources.Inordertoachievenon-sexisminlanguage，socialsexismshouldbeeliminatedfirst.KeyWord：sexism;asymmetricalphenomenon;masculinewords;derogationoffemalewords　　1.Introduction　　Asaprodu

3、ctofsocietyandonespecialcommunicativemethodsofhuman,languagereflectsalltheaspectsofhumansocietynaturally.Languageisn’tsexisminitself,butwhenreferringtolanguageandsex,peopleimmediatelythinkofsexism.Sexismwasputforthafterthediscoveryoflinguisticasymmetry.TheasymmetricalphenomenoninEng

4、lishlanguageistheoreticallybasedonSapir-WhorfHypothesis,whichhasagreatinfluenceontheresearchbetweenlanguageandculture.　　2.ReflectionofasymmetricalphenomenoninEnglishlanguage　　Linguisticasymmetryisoneofthetraditionalapproachestothestudyofthesexismagainstwomeninlanguage.Hellinger(1989

5、)inherarticle“RevisingthePatriarchalParadigmLanguageChangedFeministLanguagePolitics”[1](QuotedfromTangJinwen,2002)looksbackoveraratherlongperiodoftimeconcerningtheresearchofsexismagainstwomeninlanguage.　　2.1.Asymmetricalphenomenonreflectedinmasculinelanguageasstandardwhereasfeminine

6、languageassubordinate　　2.1.1.theextensiveusageofmasculinewords　　That“menembracewomen”isarelativelyrecentrationalizationinthehistoryofthelanguage.In1746，JohnKirkbyformulatedhis“Eighty-eightGrammaticalRules.”[2](QuotedfromZhuLi,2004).ThesearetheproductofMr.Kirkby’sownimagination.RuleN

7、o.21statedthatthemalegenderwasmorecomprehensivethanthefemale，whichisamovetowardstheconceptthatmaleisthenorm，butwomanisonlythesubordinationorvariation.Inthisway,womenarealwaysmadeinvisible.　　Thefactthattheword“man”,“mankind”and“he”areusedastermsforthehumanracereflectsmaledominanceins

8、ociety,womenissubor