女性语言文体特征femalelanguage英文文档格式.docx

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5.TheReasonsfortheChangesinFemaleLanguage…..…………24

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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'

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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:

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﹨.Women:

.-./.Menusuallyspeakendingwithahighfallingintonationandtheirtones

arestronglyfirm.However,womenwillusethelowrisingintonationto

endtheirspeechandtheirtoneismoremoderatethanmen’s.Besides,

womenusedtoanswerquestionswithrisingintonationtoexpressthat

theirviewsisnota