英语话语风格的性别差异及其原因探析

Gender Differences in the English Discourse Roles and Their Causes

从话语量、话语结构和话语策略方面探讨了话语风格的性别差异,并通过对三套听力教材中的跨性别对话进行分析,统计不同性别人物的话语童、平均话轮长度及其在话语结构中所承担的角色,认为在两性对话中男性话语更多,呈现更强势的姿态。这种风格的差异说明了社会文化对两性的不同期望,显示了对话双方的社会地位和社会距离,展示出社会互动关系中的权力运作。

This paper describes the differences in language use between men and women as speakers. It offers a survey of the discourse roles of men and women in the dialogues of 3 college English listening textbooks. It is found that overall men speak more, produce more initial/final utterances. The paper also explores the reasons for these differences.