【从英汉两种语言看语言运用中的性别差异】李秀颖.pdf
MastersDegreeThesis SEXDIFFERENCESINLANGUAGEUSE —INTHEPERSPECTIVEOFENGLISHANDCHINESE Major:EnglishLinguistics and.Literature Writer:Li Xiuying Adviser:ProfessorZhaoWenxue Department of English College of Foreign Languages Jilin University February,1995
吉林大学硕士论文 IIntroduction Itis aknownfact that humans arenotonlybiologicalbeings,but also socialbeings.Asbiologicalbeings,theycanbephysiologicallydividedinto two sexes:male(man)and female(woman)Such difference in sexhas found pervasive expressions in societies.
吉林大学硕士论文 such as thosefound in theuse of color terms,empty adjectives,emphatic adverbs,swearing terms.sound distinctions such as“better”linguistic variantsandintonationalcontours displayingmorevarieties;conversational distinctionsshowingthatmenandwomenhavedifferentcommunicative competence.