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1、. . . . .Chapter IntroductionFrom the point of cross-cultural communication, every nation has his own habits and customs, way of thinking, language psychology, behavior criterion, value concept and cultural tradition. English and Chinese culture are extremely rich, so their total cultural equivalenc
2、e is rare. But on men-women relation discrimination to the female and the unequal status between men and women are the same. Thousands of years, men control the hegemony and they are always lawmakers, the narrators. In comparison, women are only forced to obey. There is a famous saying by Heidegger:
3、 “the language is the home of existence.” But this “home” is an old house, which its bricks, flowers and woods are filled with ancestors ghost. All the words belongs to the former dynasties opinions. Now, women want to protest to the discriminated fate, but they are tongue-tied. Lakoff said if women
4、 want to change their image, they should start from language, because you are what you say. Its helpless that women have no choice but use the bricks which are engraved by men hegemony to build their fortress. Gender discrimination is an ancient historical topic. People who seek fairness and justice
5、 ever have extremely unfair concept and consciousness. This makes women are in the oppressed status in a fairly long period. This kind of residual thoughts are still existed in today language and culture. As a mirror of the society, language not only reflects social value concept, but also promotes
6、the forming of social ideology. A close look at the phenomenon of sexism must be taken. The article discusses the different cultural phenomenon and compares English culture with Chinese culture from concept, salutation, words, history, religion and the strategy to get over the sexism. This dissertat
7、ion includes the following six aspects.Chapter II Linguistic sexism widely exists in English and ChineseAs we all know, every problem has its own cause and background. Gender discrimination has connection with classic culture and custom. Now lets analyze sexism existed in two classic culture. 2.1 Ba
8、ckground of sexism From matriarchal society to patriarchal, the status of male and females roles change in the redistribution. “male masters outside and female inside.” Subsequently women lose their leading roles. Men in the society, polity, economy and culture absolutely stand the top in the world,
9、 while women are narrowed to the small family. We know that language is a kind of special social phenomenon and it is created by labor, which has close relations with production activity. Therefore, when the society forms the situation dominated by men, language have outstanding reflection.2.2 Defin
10、ition to sexism Sexism, in the Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese dictionary, it means that disapproving action based on the ideas or belief that the members of one sex are less intelligent, able, and skillful, etc, than the members of the other sex, especially that women are less able than me
11、n and those particular jobs and actions are suitable for women and others are suitable for men. Sexism in English refers to English expresses sexist assumptions about differences between men and women as in the prejudicial use of female or male words. Sexist language expresses unfair assumptions and
12、 differences, and it can be either explicit, as in the prejudicial use of male or female pronouns, or implicit. Using universal evidence, the thesis here reveals how often English expresses sexist assumptions about differences between men and women.Just as a proverb goes in England: “If you see an o
13、ld man, sit down and take a lesson; if you see an old woman, throw a stone.” What expresses English version of the sexism prescribed for women, is particularly confining. Chapter III Gender discrimination in English and Chinese appellation termsIn human society appellation terms mean identifying wor
14、d or words by which someone is called and classified or distinguished from others. This kind of salutation reflects certain social culture or the relationships between people among particular language environment. People form a kind of relationship and everyone occupies a special position. A common
15、appellation terms can generate rich social connotation in specific communicative activities and with the difference of time and place change their content.3.1 Gender discrimination on nameThe name or surname is a kind of symbolic, it is the sign which people distinguish with each other and it includ
16、es the first and last name two parts. As a unique thing in human civilization, it has closely relation with peoples behavior, social psychology and cultural traditions. Although name sequences in Chinese and English is different (in Chinese surname first and giving name second; in English is opposite), the people cons
