TheAnalysisofthedifferencesinlanguagesbetweenthegendersfromthePerspectiveofSocio―psyc

1、The Analysis of the differences in languages between the genders from the Perspective of Sociopsycholinguistics【】The gender difference in languages has existed in human society ， dating back to ancient times.On the one hand，the physiological traits differences cause the language differences ； On the

2、 other hand ， the Social psychological difference also plays an important role.Because the gender difference has been demonized over centuries ，female s subordinate position leads to the unfair treatment and the discrimination.This paper will analyze the reasons for the gender differences in languag

3、es from the perspective of socio-psycholinguistics and use it to discuss how to use language power to eliminate sexual discrimination and help female to reach equality between men and women.Language is the significant communicative tool and expression symbol.Therefore ， language and its vocabulary n

4、ot only record the material culture and spiritual culture ， but also accumulate the social ， cultural and psychological connotation.Language is not specialized of gender at all ， but with the development of human society language is marked by the gender feature.The publication of Language and womans

5、 Place （LWP） which was written by Robin Lakoff in 1975 marks the birth of the branch of sociolinguistics The study of language and gender.In early researching stages ，we used the word “sex” to distinguish male and female，then the sociologistsdiscovered that the differences between male and female ar

6、e not completely destined but some degree of a result of a social structure and traditionalsocial mentality sothatthe new term “gender” has been proposed to define the new differences.According to lakoff s theory ， stereotyped features of women language always appear in their daily talking such as h

7、esitations ，rising intonation ，tag questions ，hedges， and intensifiers.She deciphered that the different language using habit is due to womens subordinateposition.Because of some historical reasons，women arenaturally powerless than men and should submit to men.Daily discourses can reflect peoples mo

8、od and points of view ，and the way of one s talking also represents his or her personality ，social status and educational situation.The author will choose some of the features as the points and try to find out the deep reasons under the phenomena.Men and women have inborn difference in that men have

9、 deep voice while womenh ave shrill voice because they think this kind of pitch and timbre is in line with ladysidentity.The differences of development in male and female s psychological features impact the language habits.Girl s mental age is one year and a half older than that of boy so that girl

10、pays more attention to interpersonal relationship and responsibilities than boy before puberty.After the puberty，men prefer to take riskand they are assertively， competitive ，unyieldingly anddirect.However ， in the meantime ， women are quiet and shy so that they think highly of the manners.Womena re

11、 deep in thought and delicate in emotions.The different psychological factors decide the different language features.For example， female prefer to use emotional words because they are rich of emotions and feelings.They are clever with euphemism because they are elegant， shy andtimidly.They are not g

12、ood at controlling the conversations because they are getting used to relying on other people.In addition ，they use disjunctive questions to show theiruncertain position and lack of confidence.It isuniversally acknowledged that so many reasons causes the gender differences in language， but the socia

13、l reason isthe main factor and most important part which need us to put more time and energy in it.Social factors also include many aspects but in this thesis the author plans to focus on analyzing is from the feminist perspective.It is true that womens subordinate status is a complex problem which

14、is left over by history.In China， the girls were asked tostrictly follow the feudal Confucian principles of obeying fathers before marriage， obeying their husband aftergetting married and obeying their sons after their husbands death.The truth is that woman has no right and freedom at all in their w

15、hole life.The poor womani s never taught to have a higher design is more important than to get a husband. “Marriage was necessary to propagate the species ，but a wife is all too often simply a mans upper servant ” Because of the long time of the subordinate place ， women are used to showing their po

16、werlessness and the desire for equality.Chinese value the tradition so do the western people.Parents willrequire their daughter tobehave like a lady and also teach them to follow therules.However ， they always tell their son to be brave and just do if they like.For boys， rules are not so importantan

17、ymore and we show more tolerance if boys are breaking the rules.Traditionand society give womena frame which causestheir behavior and speaking stereotype so that it must take a long time to escape from the frame and get the real freedom.Since modern time ， with the development and awakening of femal

18、e ， their social status has been improved and their speaking style also changed.However， compared with men ，most of the female spend more time staying at home to take care of children and doing housework so that they have less chance to get social status through the jobs.Women began to use other way

19、s to maintain their social status and language is one of the effective ways.The language differencesof gender will be diminishedwith the development of women s state changing but they will never be exactly the same in the future.To improve womens status ， they should not only perform in obtaining ri

20、ghts but also cure their inferiority feeling.Only in this way can womeng et the true equality because they are proud of being a female and feel great to talk like a lady.Whenwomen have the confidence and never feel subordinate they will give up talking tentatively and pandering to others，but they st

21、ill behave elegantly and politely.Also only like this ，can women actually get the respect from men and all the people.The critic Margaret Walters indicated that if feminism wants to be living and evolving， it will have tobegin by re- inventing the wheel which in this case means finding no just new issues， but a new language.In thefuture ， feminism will surprise us agai