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Gender Differences in the English Language from A Perspective of Sociolinguistics 2012812059 杨光 Abstract Language is a symbol system closely related to human life. Gender language, as a social variant of language, with its characteristics and differences, has attracted increasing attention from a great many linguists at home and abroad. The characteristics and differences of the language use between male and female are distinctive. Men and women are the subjects of social activities, language is an important tool of human social activities. The socialization of gender roles leads to the differences of gender in using language. The gender differences in English language have distinctive linguistic characteristics and actual presentations in terms of pronunciations, intonation, vocabulary and syntax from the perspective of sociolinguistics. Through a descriptive and comparative analysis of the language differences between males and females, we tries to find out the causes of formation of gender differences in English language from the perspective of social and cultural background, social position, biology and psychology. The characteristics and differences of the language use between male and female are obvious. The gender differences in English have distinctive linguistic characteristics and actual presentations in terms of pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary, syntax and communication from the perspective of sociolinguistics. These differences are closely related to the cultural and historical background, social roles and physiological and psychological features of the females. Key words: sociolinguistics; gender differences; male; female; Since the 1960s, the gender differences in sociolinguistics has made remarkable achievements. On the one hand, the study of the phenomenon of language gender differences contribute to a more reasonable explanation of the intricacies of the language phenomenon and to