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1、A Research on Female Language and Culture黄秀娟【Abstract】Asacarrierofideasandthemostimportantcommunicationtool,Languagereflectsthespeakersattitudeandperspectiveinevitably.ThepapertriestofindsexprejudicethroughEnglishlanguageanddelineatestheculturalandsocialoriginofthesephenomenabymakingaanalysisoffemal
2、elanguage.【Keywords】Language;Culture;Femalelanguage1TherelationbetweenlanguageandcultureLanguageisanindispensablecarrierofculture.Culturefindsabetterrepresentationthroughlanguageuse.Ajointstudyofthesetwosubjectswilldefinitelybroadenthehorizonofhumanknowledgeingeneralandenrichtheresearchofthesescienc
3、esinparticular.Thiscorrelationhighlightsthepursuitoftherelationshipbetweenthetwoandmakesthispracticesomethingbothfascinatingandchallenging.2ThecharacteristicsoffemalelanguageFemalelanguagehasitsuniqueusagewhetherspokenorwrittenlanguage.Especiallyamongspoken,itisalmostcanbestudiedasBlackEnglishwhichi
4、sresearchedasauniquesocialdialect.2.1ChoicesandappearancefrequencyofentrySomeEnglishwordsarefemaleproprietary,thesewordsaremenshouldnot,darenot,donotwanttouse.Forexample,womenaregoodatusingsomecolorwordswhicharebroughtfromtheFrenchtoaccuratelydescribecolors,likeaquamarine,azure,beige,lavender,mauve,
5、taupe,etc.Menseldomusethesewords.2.2Grammar-syntacticstructureAccordingtosomelanguagematerialsanalysis,itshowsthatwomenaremorefrequentusethefollowingstructure:1Adjustmentstructure.Whichiscommonlyknownashedges,Womenslinguisticbehaviorismoreindirectand,hence,morepolitethanmens.includingsomeambiguouswo
6、rdse.g.,Isuppose,Ithink.Imafraidthat,Imnotsurethat2Tagquestions.Usetagquestionstoexpressstrongquestioningflavor,toavoidtoodirect,toosure.2.3Voice-tone1Voice.Theanalysisofsomerecordingmaterialsespeciallyinformalconversationshowedthatthepronunciationofwomenismorestandardthanmen.2Tone.Womenspitchishigh
7、erthanmen,infact,thatsbecauseofphysiologicalfactors,butusuallywiththequalityofthecowardlyandemotionalinstability3ThereasonsforthedifferencesAsmensmuscleismoredevelopedthanwomen,andtheydontneedgiveabirth,sotheytakeonhunting,farmingsrole,thebodyofwomenisfrail,needtogiveabirth,sotakingcareofchildren,lo
8、okingafterhome,collectingfood.Atthattime,therolesofmaleandfemalearedifferent,butnoonehavehighervaluethantheother.endprintTheso-calledmengotoworkandwomenstayhome.Theoutsideworldisessentiallythemaleworld,mengoouttowork.Inalargesense,mancanrulealargecountry,inasmallsense;mancansupportthefamily,makealiv
9、ingforthefamily.Whilewomensactivitiesgenerallyconfinedtothefamily.Thedifferencesofsocialdivisionarealsoreflectedintheculture.MenCreateouterWorld,creatingartMichelangelo,literatureShakespeare,ScienceEdison,philosophySocrates,mencreateevenmanipulateLanguage.Infact,theBibleclearlydeclaredthatmancreates
10、theworld,ManAdamfirstcometotheworldwhilewomanmadefromaribofmans.Womaniscreatedonlyasaneedtomeetthesatisfactionofman.4ConclusionLanguageispartoftheculture,isthecarrierofculture;cultureismadeofinsideinformationofthelanguage.GenderdifferenceshavelongbeendiscoveredbypeopleinEnglishlanguage.Femalelanguagehasitsuniqueusagewhetherspokenorwrittenlanguage.【Reference】【1】Lakoff,R.LanguageandWomensplaoM.HarperandRowPublishers,1988.【2】戴偉栋.?言语性别差异分析综述?,?上海外国语大学学报?,19836.【3】杨红梅.英语性别歧视现象分析和研究J.陕西理工学院学报,20202.endprint