Gender Analysis of English Negative Words from the Perspective of Sociolinguistics_英语论文

摘要

语言是人类交流思想和传递信息的工具，是记录人类社会发展变化的载体，它的产生和发展反映着人们的社会态度。因此，语言中存在的不平等现象是社会不平等的产物。21世纪以来，女性的社会地位有所提高，但仍存在一些不平等的现象。其中负面词语的性别差异现象成为人们关注的新热点。本文将在社会语言学的视角下，就英语中的负面词语，从其来源、特征等方面分析性别差异在英语负面词语中的具体表现，讨论和揭示英语负面词语性别差异的成因，并得出相关结论。同时，本文的探讨也希望人们能规范语言的使用、减少性别化，倡导社会公共空间的得体行为。

关键词：社会语言学；英语负面词语；性别差异; 成因 

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Sociolinguistics and Gender Differences 2

2.1 Sociolinguistics and its Research Scope 2

2.2 Gender Differences and Research Significance 3

3. Gender Differences in English Negative Words 4

3.1 Major Sources of English Negative Words 5

3.1.1 Transformation from Animal Words 5

3.1.2 Transformation from Female Words 6

3.1.3 Religion and Mythology 8

3.2 Characteristics of Negative Words 9

3.2.1 Timeliness 9

3.2.2 Relativity 10

3.2.3 Impoliteness 11

3.3 Contrasts between English Negative Words in Gender 11

3.3.1 Differences in Quantity 12

3.3.2 Differences in Polysemy in Negative Words 13

3.3.3 Different Contextual Usage 14

4. Causes of Gender Differences in Negative Words 15

4.1 The Social Psychology 15

4.1.1 Social Prejudices 16

4.1.2 Social Division 16

4.2 Religious Cultures 17

4.3 Education 19

4.4 Literature Influences 20

5. Conclusion 21

References 23