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IntroductionTheexistenceanddevelopmentoflanguageareintendedtomeetthe
needsofcommunicationinsociety.Peopleindifferentsocialgroupshave
theirownspeciallanguages.IntheEnglish-speakingcountries,wecan
discoverthatfemalelanguagealwaysshowssomeinterestingand
externalfeaturesofthelanguageconsciouslyorunconsciouslyinthe
courseoflanguagecommunication.Withtheriseoffeminismandthe
continuousimprovementoffemalesocialstatus,agreatofchangeshave
takenplaceinfemalelanguage.Thesechangesarecloselylinkedwiththe
developmentofsociety.Sotheresearchoffemalelanguageisasubject
veryworthytobestudied.Thispaperattemptstodiscussthe
characteristicsandsomenewchangesoffemalelanguageandanalyzes
thereasonofthisphenomenonfromthesocial,culturalandeducational,
etc.aspects.154.1DegradationP
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TheCharacteristicsofFemaleLanguageFemalelanguagehasitsownfeatures.Thefollowingpartwillfocus
onpronunciation,intonation,vocabulary,grammarandtopicstomakea
briefanalysis.2.1PronunciationandIntonation
2.1.1PronunciationPhonologicaldifferencesbetweenmenandwomenhavebeen
noticedinvarietiesoflanguages.Women’spronunciationsoundsmore
accuratethanmen’s.InEnglish-speakingcountries,women’s
pronunciationisclosertoStandardEnglishPronunciationthanmen'
s.
Whenweread―-ing‖,generallywomencanpronouncetheaccurateback
nasalconsonant/iη/.Butaconsiderablenumberofmenbecomemore
accustomedtopronouncefrontnasalconsonant/in/.InAustralia,the
EnglishwithAustralian-accentedisnotusuallyconsideredStandard
English.Afterinvestigation,researcherscometotheconclusionthat
womenarefarlessoftenthanmenwhentheyspeakthenonstandard
English.Thereasonisthatmorewomenpayattentiontotheaccuracyof
pronunciationthanmen,whichisanimportantmarkoftheiridentityand
cultureforwomen.InthenortheastAsianlanguage,Yukaghir,womenotofchanges
and
5have/ts/and/dz/wheremenhave/tj/and/dj/.InBengalimenoften
substitute/l/for/n/butwomendonotdothis.Likewise,inaSiberian
language,Chukchi,men,butnotwomen,oftendrop/n/and/t/whenthey
occurbetweenvowels,e.g.femalenitvaqenatandmalenitvaqeat.2.1.2
IntonationGenerallyspeaking,women’sintonationishigherthanmen’s,which
iscausedbyphysiologicalfactorsinfact.Women’svocalcordsare
longerthanmen,sotheirpronunciationfrequencyishigher.However,
peopleoftenconsiderthehighpitchisconnectedwithwomen'
s
cowardiceandunsteadyemotion.Therangeofintonationvarietyislarge,
whichisanotherdistinctivefeature.Womenaregoodatusingthevarious
intonationstoexpresstheirfeelings.Lakoffsaysthatwomenmayanswer
aquestionwithastatementthatemploystherisingintonationpattern
usuallyassociatedwithaquestionratherthanthefallingintonation
associatedwithmakingafirmstatement.Andwomenareusuallyinclined
tobetactfulandgentleandoftenuselowrisingintonationattheendof
sentences,whichseemstoshowthattheylackofconfidenceandseekthe
opinionsoftheothers.Incontrast,menusuallylikeusinghighfalling
intonationattheendofthesentences,sotheirintonationsoundsresolute
andaffirmative.Forexample,whenspeakingthefollowingsentence,men
andwomenmayusedifferentintonations.Iwishyou’dtryit.befurtherdiscusseda`
6Men:
.-.
﹨.Women:
.-./.Menusuallyspeakendingwithahighfallingintonationandtheirtones
arestronglyfirm.However,womenwillusethelowrisingintonationto
endtheirspeechandtheirtoneismoremoderatethanmen’s.Besides,
womenusedtoanswerquestionswithrisingintonationtoexpressthat
theirviewsisnota