浅议英语语言中体现的性别歧视

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1、OnSexualDiscriminationinEnglishLanguageIntroductionLanguageisoriginatedfromsocietymeanwhileitreflectstheideologicalthoughts>moralviewsandtherelationshipbetweenpeople.Sowecansaythatitisthecarrierofsocialcultureandthemainintercommunicationtoolinsocialinteraction.Sexualorgenderdiscriminatio

2、nreferstotheprejudiceordiscriminationbasedonsex,esp・discriminationagainstwomen.Itisawidelyexistingsocialphenomenawhichnotonlyreflectinallaspectsofsociallifebutalsoreflectinlanguageandtheuseoflanguage.Thereflectionofsexualdiscriminationinlanguageultimatelyletsthelinguisticsexismcomeintobe

3、ing.InthebookThestructureanddevelopmentofEnglishlanguagewhichwaspublishedin1920s5DanishlinguistOttoJespersenfirstdiscussedthesexualdiscriminationinlanguagefromthelinguisticpointofview.AccordingtoWebsterNinthNewCollegiateDictionary,thedefinitionofsexualdiscriminationis:prejudiceordiscrimi

4、nationbasedonsex,esp.discriminationagainstwomen.Fromthispaper5youcaneasilyfindouttheuniversalityofsexualdiscriminationinEnglishlanguage.Currently,thelanguageofsexualdiscriminationmostlyreferstothelanguagebasedondiscriminationagainstwomen.Thispaperwillanalyzethemanifestationoflinguisticse

5、xismfromthreeaspects,thenlistthecausesofsexualdiscrimination,thenintroducesomewaystoavoidsexualdiscrimination,finallytoindicateitstrend:Withthedevelopmentofoursocietyandtheimprovementofwomensstatus,sexualdiscriminationwillgraduallydisappearinourlives.Themaincontentofthispaperisexpatiatin

6、gonsexualdiscriminationfromreflection,causes,waysofavoidingandthetrend.Theauthorofthethesisanalyzesthisphenomenainordertomakepeopleknowthatthesexualdiscriminationinlanguageisnotthederivationfromlanguage,butthereflectionofthegenderinequalityinthesociallife.Forthatreason,wealsoneedtoelimin

7、atetheconsciousnessofgenderinequalityinthesocietyinordertoremovethesexualdiscriminationinlanguage.!•LiteratureReviewandTheoreticalFrameWorkSexualorgenderdiscriminationreferstotheprejudiceordiscriminationbasedonsex,esp.discriminationagainstwomen.Itisawidelyexistsocialpheno