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1、英语词汇中的性别歧视现象研究学院名称:外国语学院系科(专业):英语(师范)年级班别:09级04班姓名:指导教师:2012年6月10日AStudyofGenderandEnglishVocabulary英语词汇中的性别歧视现象研究AbstractThisthesisisbasedonthestudiesoftherelationshipbetweenGenderEnglishvocabularyandthedifferencesbetweenChineseresearchandforeignresearch.Inordertoremindpeopleofth
2、eharshfactandrectifythephenomenon,theauthor,byillustrationandcontrast,listsseveraldomesticandforeignscholarsworksaboutsexisminEnglish,concludestheviewsandfinallygivesownviews.Keywords:Englishvocabulary;Sexism;Vocabularylearning;Culture摘要本文主要是通过比较中外文献对于英语词汇中的性别歧视现象的描述来解释英语词汇中性别歧视现象
3、。作者希望通过这个研究,让人们了解这个事实并给出自己的观点。关键字英语词汇;性别;单词学习;文化1.Introduction11Language,asasupporterofculture,canreflectstherealityofourworld.InEnglishcountries,womenhasbeeninasubordinatepositionforalongtime,whilemendominateinalmosteveryfield.Thisalsoreflectsinlanguagefromdifferentaspects.2.Lite
4、raturereviewAsweknow,sexismnotonlyexistsinthesociety,butisalsoreflectedinEnglishlanguage.Althoughlanguagecan'tdeterminethought,insomesense,itdoesinfluencepeople'sviews.2.1thegenderdiscriminationinmorphologicalprocessInEnglish,thewordsthatdesignatemenareusuallyunmarked.Whilethosede
5、signatewomenaremarked.Thatiscalledlinguisticasymmetry.(TingLing2002)Forexample,heirandheiressmakenodifferenceexceptthatonereferstoamanwhiletheotherawoman,butheiressisformedbyaddingtheboundmorpheme-esstotheroot.Suchwordsarequitealot,nowpleaselookatthefollowingtable.MaleActorHostCon
6、ductorManagerWaiterHeroFemaleActressHostessConductressManageressWaitressHeroine11Thiskindofwordsseemstotellthatwomenarederivedfrommenandattachedtomen.Inthiscase,compoundsareused.Forexample,inEnglishwehaveawomandoctor,agirlreporter,andaladylawyer,thoughdoctor,reporterandlawyercanal
7、lincludewoman.Theprejudicethatmenaresuperiorandwomenareinferiorhasbeenlingeringinmostmen'smindsalthoughthesocietyisdevelopingfast.Itistheuniversallyacknowledgedtruththatthemaleisdominantinthesocietytoday.Mrisarespectfulformofaddressforagentleman,andMrsisarespectfuloneforalady.Acco
8、rdingtoetymology,however,theworld