The present paper examines gender effects on the use of emotion vocabulary in SECCL.The study reveals both inter-group and intra-group differences in the use of English emotion words by the female and male Chinese EFL...The present paper examines gender effects on the use of emotion vocabulary in SECCL.The study reveals both inter-group and intra-group differences in the use of English emotion words by the female and male Chinese EFL learners,and the findings also show that Chinese learners use emotion vocabulary in ways different from native English speakers.The gender difference is attributed to the ways in which Chinese culture defines and values women and men in terms of emotion displaying.The paper suggests that learning English emotion words should be integrated with learning cultural meanings associated with them.展开更多
文摘The present paper examines gender effects on the use of emotion vocabulary in SECCL.The study reveals both inter-group and intra-group differences in the use of English emotion words by the female and male Chinese EFL learners,and the findings also show that Chinese learners use emotion vocabulary in ways different from native English speakers.The gender difference is attributed to the ways in which Chinese culture defines and values women and men in terms of emotion displaying.The paper suggests that learning English emotion words should be integrated with learning cultural meanings associated with them.
