简介:Alllanguages,thesystemsofarbitrarysymbols,areequallygood.Languagewhichisthelinguisticbehaviourisusedforhumancommunication.Therefore,therulesforconversingaredeterminedbycertainsocialrequirements.Thisessaylaysemphasisongenderdifferenceinlanguagevocabularyandinusingoflanguagesoastorevealtherelatednessbetweenlanguageandsocietyandtoexplorethelanguagedevelopmentalongwithsocialchange.
简介:OnAugust21,2006,aninternationalforumwasheldinBeijingongenderdiscriminationinemploymentandpossiblemechanismsforrelief.Morethan50expertsattendedtheforumorganizedbytheDepartmentofLawofChinaWomen'sUniversity(CWU)andtheCWUCenterforStudyofHumanRightsforwomen.TheywerefromtheRenminUniversityofChina,HarvardUniversityoftheUnitedStatesandotherprestigiousinstitutionsofhigherlearning,theUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgram,theUnitedNationsWomen'sDevelopmentFund,aswellasChina'sSupremePeople'sCourt,theBeijingMunicipalWomen'sFederationandtheBeijingMunicipalFederationofTrade
简介:Itisassumedthatmenandwomendiffertosomeextentinusinglanguageinvarioussocialdomains.Apartfromdistinctivephysiologicalfeatures,asavehementlyconvincingsymbol,thelanguageoneusesmaymarkhisgenderwithspeciallabels.Basedontheselectionofthirty-twoChinesecommercialadsfromTV,thepaper,fromtheperspectiveofsociolinguistics,especiallythepertinencebetweenlanguageandgender,attemptstoexplorehowgenderidentitiesaremanifestedandconstructedthroughqualitativeanalysesofadvertisinglanguage.Then,thepaperalsotriestopresentsomepotentialaccountsforthedifferentgenderidentitiesandsomesuggestionsforreducingsexismthroughadvertisinglanguage.
简介:Inthestudyathand,theimageofanelementaryschoolteacherinpublicshallbeanalyzedindetail:his/herreputation,characteristics,andtrustinhim/her.Especiallytheimageofelementaryschoolteachersshallbeconsidered.Thisinvestigationdealswiththequestion"Whymenmainlyteachatsecondaryschools".Areasonforthiscouldthebadimageandtheappreciationtowardselementaryschoolteachersinsociety.Tocounterthesetendencies,measureshavebeentaken,likeBoy'sDays,tomaketheelementaryschoolmoreattractiveformen,tooWiththehelpofpolarityprofilesanddistancescales,theimagesofmaleandfemaleelementaryschoolteachersarecompared.Theresultsshowthattheimageofelementaryschoolteachersisoverallpositivelyrated,butmenworkingatelementaryschoolsareimputedtoshowalternativebehaviorandfemalecharacteristics.Furtherresearchandimplicationforactingarenecessarytofindoutwhatrelationshipsexistbetweentheimageandthechoiceofprofessionofelementaryschoolteacherstotakeeffectivemainstreammeasures.
简介:“Menandwomenalmostseemtobefromdifferentplanets,speakingdifferentlanguagesandneedingdifferentnourishment.”(JohnGray2004)RememberthatthetitleofJohnGray’sbook,MenArefromMars,WomenArefromVenusisametaphororconceit-wedon’treallycomefromdifferentplanets.Thoughmenandwomenshareacommonsocialspaceorenvironment,theyaredifferentinmanyaspects.Genderdifferenceisoneoftheimportantfactorswhichaffectlanguagelearning.Formanyyears,EnglishteachershavesuchkindoffeelingthatgirlsarebetterthanboysinEnglishstudy.
简介:InthedevelopedWesternpartoftheworld,theincidenceofGCAhasmarkedlydecreasedoverthepastdecades.ThisdecreaseoftheGCAincidenceseemstobeageneralandglobalevent,suggestingthatoneorsomegloballyandgenerallycommonfactorsplayacriticalroleinthepathogenesisofGCA,andthatthisfactororfactorshavedecreasedininfluenceworldwidelyduringthepastdecades.Theseetiopathogeneticfactorshardlyareexoticdifferencesinlocalhabitsofeatingordrinkingonly.SuchexoticandlocalfactorscannotexplainthestrikingconsistencythatisapparentintheglobalepidemiologyofGCA.RegardingtheH.pyloriinfectionasthekeyfactorinthepathogenesisofgastriccancer,theserequirementsofglobalityarefulfilled.
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.