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1、Gender-and-Language-Gender-and-Language-useuseSummaryThe discover found different genders have different language use habits.PhonologyVocabularysyntaxPhonologyIn Montreal, women tend to ignore the /l / , such as il, elle, la, lesIn some English areas, schoolgirls tend to strengthen the sound/ t / in
2、 words like water and got while boys not.vocabularyGender differences of words can be seen in the usage of vocabulary. Women tend to use adjectives such as “lovely”, “sweet”, “divine”, “nice”, ”darling”, ”cute” , “adorable”, “charming”, making the use of these words almost become the sign of female
3、speech.Female; Oh darling, youve put the peanut butter in the refrigerator again.Male: Shit, youve put the peanut butter in the refrigerator again.Women prefer to use semantic concrete words in communication, which can reflect the light color difference of color words.Like mauve, aquamarine, lavende
4、r, beige, ecru.Syntax在表示请求时，女性倾向于使用疑问句式，而不是祈使句，因为疑问句式听起来更委婉、婉转，因此更礼貌，例如：Once needing to request, women tend to use question sentence instead of imperative sentence. Because the question sentence sounds more tactful and polite.a) Let me open the window, shall I?b) Come to my office at eight oclock tomorrow, will you?Thank you!结束结束
