从文化的角度看英语词汇中的性别歧视现象(国外英语资料).docVIP

从文化的角度看英语词汇中的性别歧视现象(国外英语资料) Gender discrimination in English vocabulary from a cultural perspective Time: 2011-04-22 11:38:32. Author: rank name Gender discrimination is a kind of discrimination based on sex. It can refer to discrimination between men and women. It can also refer to female discrimination against men. In English there are a considerable number of words with gender discrimination, linguist Jesperson wrote in a Book TheGrowthandStructureoftheEnglishLanguage, his English is undoubtedly the most familiar male language. Key words: convergence, gender discrimination, development trend I. Introduction As we all know, language is the most important sign of the distinction between human beings and animals. The development of language makes people superior to animals and develops into people in cultural sense. The famous scholar Dai Weidong believes that language and culture are inseparable, language is the carrier of culture, heritage and cultural aspects including beliefs, values, norms, and culture is the basis for human survival and development, language is part of culture. Therefore, the relationship between language and culture is part and whole relationship. (Dai, 2000:158) the influence of culture on language can be expressed in all aspects of language, including phonetics, vocabulary, syntax and discourse. (Zhang, 2005:9) Gender discrimination is a kind of discrimination based on sex. It can refer to discrimination between men and women. It can also refer to womens discrimination against men. The American traditional dictionary explains gender discrimination as discrimination against another kind of sex member, especially male to female.. The definition of Longman language dictionary is: gender based discrimination, especially male discrimination against women. Thus, in terms of language habits, sexism usually refers to discrimination against women by language. The famous French writer Beauvior (Simon de Pauvaus) pointed out in her the second sex wom