Appellations Gender Differences In Research

Gender difference in language is a popular topic. Appellation refers to one how to address another in some context, which is one of the most important parts of language word systems and reflects the relation between gender and language. As an important social action, appellation has rich cultural , historal and social connotations , so the study of gender difference of appellation has great theorical and practical meanings, which can help us deepen the study on language itself and show us the relation between society and language , also can help us to use it rightly and benefit the mind constructions. The paper tries to explain the gender difference of appellation in Chinese nation and English nations.Gender difference in kin terms is discriminating against woman , which only different from quantity not from the nature, especially in Chinese nation. The kin terms of English nations have more humanist that pay more attention to the theory of everyone is equal. Husband and wife consist of the nuclearfamily , they also have different appellation systems. Full name is one of the earliest and most important parts of appellation systems. Man and woman have different charactersin the use of surname and first name, which reflect the social culture backgrounds and the up or down of status.With the development of society , human's theory and value become many-faceted. Man and woman know each other more and more , but when a new appellation emerges , which still abide by the oppose norm of gender. Man appellation is un-marked and woman's is marked. The appellation of man and woman is not correspondent, which can lead to missing terms. In thedevelopment of gender appellation , its meaning will change and be littled.Patriarchal clan system is the main cause of the gender difference of Chinese nation .Social status and culture will make the gender difference more and more strong. Gender difference of appellation always change , but it can not go out of the language systems' rules and human's habbits.