从语境语篇角度分析英语语言中的性别歧视

On Sexism in English Language from the Perspective of Context and Discourse

语言性别歧视是一种普遍现象。社会语言学家对此做了大量的研究,包括词语的非对称、隐喻、词序、称呼称谓、男性词语的泛化以及词汇意义的变化等显性的语言性别歧视;而语境语篇中的性别歧视现象没有受到重视。本文从语境语篇入手,探讨名词、形容词、代词在语境语篇具体化时产生的性别歧视现象,以及造成语言中性别歧视现象背后的社会文化根源。最后说明语言中的性别歧视现象,不是只改变语言符号本身就能消除的,而是需要社会上的传统和人们的性别歧视观念的改变来完成。

Sexism is a common phenomenon in language.Sociologists have done a lot of research on many of its aspects,such as asymmetry,metaphor,word order,address and the generalization of masculine words.Sexism in context and discourse,however,does not attract much attention in the academic field.This paper deals with sexism of nouns,adjectives,and pronouns in the context and discourse of communication,and explores its social and cultural roots in languages.Finally,it suggests that getting rid of sexism in langu-ages depends basically on the eradication of sexist concepts among the general public rather than only in lin-guistics.