The Study Of Differences Of Male And Female Languages In Communication: A Social-Culture Perspective

Gender language has emerged as the subdiscipline of sociolinguistics in which it also plays an important role. The present thesis is an attempt to examine the related differences of gender language in communication—cross-sex and cross-culture communication, then points out the positive role that plays in daily life and teaching activities. The language differences of men and women attract the linguists'attention. Conversations among women tend to be cooperative and elaborate, more expressive of personal emotions; men's conversational style tends to be competitive and impersonal, more concerned with topics than with feelings.Gender differences in language involve many factors. The first is social position. In the world of men, women are not in the same social status as men, men are seen to have more social power than women. The society expects women to be more standard and obedient, which is reflected in women's language. The second is subcultures, from the day of birth, boys and girls are expected to develop in certain stereotypes. Women and men carry over to their adulthood the conversational patterns they learned from interacting with their same-sex peers during childhood. So it becomes more urgent to surpass the gender gap, the study of which can relax the tension and atmosphere, improve the mutual understanding, etc.The study of gender can focus on the language, culture, class and nationality as well as the computers and network, a new language form,i.e. cyber speech. In this thesis, we'll not only discuss the gender differences in word choice, pronunciation, intonation, conversational styles and strategies, but also discuss the sexism in language. Eventually, the gender language can give us some elicitation on teaching. How to improve your teaching attitude and avoid using sexist language in classroom is still an interesting aim to pursue.