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Abstract:Sexism in language arises as the result of the influence of certain communicative factors on language. The prevalence of sexism in language will inevitably have a negative effect on language learners and users, causing misleading barriers in their cognitive development. Based on the Theory of Sexism, this paper takes the English and Chinese language as an example, and makes comparative analysis of the phenomenon of female discrimination from the perspectives of vocabulary use and discourse style differences, etc. By comparing the phenomenon of female discrimination in English and Chinese language, the objective enlightenment of language use is discussed. The purpose is to avoid the deviation caused by the discrimination of the language, and also to improve the understanding of the social members on the language differences and language gender discrimination. It is of great significance to face up to the problem of sexism in language.
Key words: female discrimination; gender language; contrastive analysis of English and Chinese language; enlightenment.
CONTENTS
Abstract
中文摘要
1. Introduction1
2. Literature Review and Theoretical Framework..2
2.1 Sexism
2.2 Comparisons from the Gender Perspective
2.3 Communicative Theory
2.4 Research Status at Home and Abroad
3. Comparison of Female Discrimination in English and Chinese..6
3.1 Differences
3.1.1 Vocabulary Use
3.1.2 Appellation
3.2 Similarities
3.2.1 Oral Communication
3.2.2 Discourse Style
4. Enlightenment of Language Application.10
4.1 Increasing People's Awareness of Language Differences and Gender Discrimination
4.2 Enhancing the Proper Use of Language in Communication
4.3 Eliminating the Female Discrimination in the Language Users’ Concept
5. Conclusion12
Bibliography.14
Acknowledgements16