从夫妻间的称呼语论日语中的“性别歧视”

On ″Gender Inequality″ between Spouses in Japanese

日语经常被指出是带有性别差异的语言。语言是社会的镜子,因此,在语言中必然能够反映出性别的差异。本文围绕日本人夫妻间的称呼,结合社会语言学的有关理论,将称呼与性别相结合,证明了日本人夫妻间使用的称呼语中亦存在性别歧视现象。并从此现象中揭示出了日本人传统的家庭观念以及妇女在家庭中的身份、地位以及所处的社会阶层。

Japanese is regarded as a language with gender inequality. Languages reflect society, and therefore, the consciousness of gender inequality is inevitably reflected in languages. Based on some related social linguistics theories and centered on the Japanese spouses＇ address terms, this paper combines the address terms with gender and proves that there exists gender inequality in Japanese spouses＇ address terms, through which it reveals the Japanese traditional family ideology and the identity and position of women in family and society.