简介:Alllanguages,thesystemsofarbitrarysymbols,areequallygood.Languagewhichisthelinguisticbehaviourisusedforhumancommunication.Therefore,therulesforconversingaredeterminedbycertainsocialrequirements.Thisessaylaysemphasisongenderdifferenceinlanguagevocabularyandinusingoflanguagesoastorevealtherelatednessbetweenlanguageandsocietyandtoexplorethelanguagedevelopmentalongwithsocialchange.
简介:Itisassumedthatmenandwomendiffertosomeextentinusinglanguageinvarioussocialdomains.Apartfromdistinctivephysiologicalfeatures,asavehementlyconvincingsymbol,thelanguageoneusesmaymarkhisgenderwithspeciallabels.Basedontheselectionofthirty-twoChinesecommercialadsfromTV,thepaper,fromtheperspectiveofsociolinguistics,especiallythepertinencebetweenlanguageandgender,attemptstoexplorehowgenderidentitiesaremanifestedandconstructedthroughqualitativeanalysesofadvertisinglanguage.Then,thepaperalsotriestopresentsomepotentialaccountsforthedifferentgenderidentitiesandsomesuggestionsforreducingsexismthroughadvertisinglanguage.
简介:Thisarticleinvestigateslexicalgenderinspecializedcommunication.Thekeymethodofanalysisisthatofformsofaddress,professionaltitles,and’genericman’inaonemillionwordcorpusofbusinessletters.Thispaperfoundamixedresults:ontheonehand,the’male-as-norm’principlecontributestoreinforcingtypicalgenderstereotypes:forexample,foreachwomanreferredtointhecorpus,therearemorethan3occurrencesforman.Ontheotherhand,advocatesofnon-sexistEnglishhavealsoinfluencedwrittenBusinessEnglish:forexample,MsismorefrequentthanMrs.orMiss,whichsustainstheclaimthatequatesMswithprofessionalsettings.ThisarticleendsbydiscussingthewaysinwhichtheresearchfindingsofthisstudycouldpositivelyimpactupontheteachingofBusinessEnglish.