Sexism in English Language
Abstract
Sexism, broadly speaking, refers to a gender bias. Such a bias mainly refers to the discrimination against women, and the discrimination against women exists all over the world and in all aspects of social life, with linguistic discrimination included. Since the feminist movement in 1960s, sexism in language has been an important research subject for feminist linguists. The research on such a subject helps to draw the public attention to such a phenomenon and urge the world to find ways to eliminate such discrimination. This thesis attempts to make a study of sexism in language through comparison and giving examples at the lexical and semantic level, aiming at foregrounding those hidden differences in the representation and treatment of women and men in language. The thesis also gives some suggestions as to how to banish the sexism in English language to raise people’s awareness, which serves as a prelude to the elimination of sexism.
Key Words: sexism; English language ; vocabulary; semantics; desexism
摘 要
性別歧視，從廣義上來講是指對某1性別的偏見，這種偏見又更多地是對女性的歧視，歧視女性的現象存在於社會生活的方方面面, 其中語言上的'歧視也不例外。自20世紀60年代女權主義運動以來, 英語語言中的性別歧視1直是女權主義語言學家研究的重要課題，對此課題的研究有助於引起大家的重視，進而去尋找消除這種歧視的途徑。本文以語言學，特別是女權主義語言學的理論爲基礎, 透過比較和舉例等方法從詞彙和語義兩個層面來分析英語語言中的性別歧視現象，挖掘語言中隱藏的性別差異，並在論文的最後提出1些消除語言中性別歧視的建議, 旨在喚醒人們的意識, 達到真正摒棄性別歧視的目的。
關鍵詞：性別歧視、英語語言、詞彙、語義、消除性別歧視
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