1、西南财经大学天府学院2015届本科毕业论文论文题目ANANALYSISOFSEXISMINENGLISHANDCHINESE学生姓名所在学院专业英语学号指导教师II西南财经大学天府学院本科学生毕业论文（设计）开题报告表论文（设计）名称汉语题目英汉语言中的性别歧视研究英语题目ANANALYSISOFSEXISMINENGLISHANDCHINESE论文（设计）来源作者自选论文（设计）类型A导师学生姓名AMBER学号专业英语调研资料的准备1GENDERBIASINLANGUAGE综合教程I何兆熊主编；本文通过列举描述了语言中的性别歧视；2英汉语言中性别歧视的对比研究周凤娟；本文从构词、姓名称谓等方
2、面对比分析英语和汉语中性别歧视的共性和特殊性；3英汉语言中的性别歧视现象产生的原因及消除策略张庆艳；本文列举了四个性别歧视产生的原因，提供了六点可行的消除策略论文目的初学GENDERBIASINLANGUAGE便引发我深思，日常交流的语言竟然对女性有诸多的消极意义。因此，本文将针对英语和汉语中对女性带有歧视的表达,通过举例的方式,分析语言中性别歧视的现象,深化人们对性别歧视的认识，促进语言和谐。思路与预期成果本文主要通过对语言中的性别歧视研究，分别分析英语和汉语中对女性的消极定义和不重视，并试图提供改善这一现象的可行性方法。本文所要达到的预期成果主要通过分析英汉语言中的性别歧视现象，使更多人意
3、识到女性在语言中遭受的不平等待遇，旨在日常表达中规避此类现象。论文大致提纲一、引言二、英语中的性别歧视21称谓词22派生词23关于女性的贬义词语三、汉语中的性别歧视31汉字的构造32谚语中轻视女性的表达33围绕女性的隐喻表达四、英汉语言中性别歧视的共同点41词序42关于女性的消极内涵表达五、改善英汉语言中性别歧视的可行性方法51采用英语中性词汇52舍弃汉语中性别歧视词53不区别对待女性六、结语任务完成的阶段内容及时间安排2014年11月15日文献阅读开始2014年11月30日完成开题报告（毕业设计的需求分析）2014年12月20日完成文献综述；完成毕业设计的系统设计，进行程序编码2015年1月
4、19日完成论文的粗钢（论文的框架）2015年3月中下旬完成论文终稿（设计成果），并且打印成册，上交论文准备答辩完成论文嗦具备的条件因素1、对设计所需的文字资料进行收集整理；2、对所收集的资料筛选、过滤、去粗取精，去伪存真；3、在指导老师的帮助及指导下认真完成毕业论文写作。指导教师签名日期2014年11月28日论文（设计）类型A理论研究；B应用研究；C软件设计等；III摘要无论是几十年前还是近几年，性别歧视（尤其对女性）在西方国家和中国成为一种普遍的社会现象，影响着女性的生活和工作。语言，作为人类的一面镜子，反映着不同国家和地区的文化习俗，人文观念，毫无疑问，也反映着性别歧视。语言中的性别歧视在
5、语言学领域已成为热门话题，众多语言学家进行了很多调查。基于先前的调查研究，本文将分为四个部分说明在英语和汉语中的性别歧视。第一部分将通过称谓词，派生词和围绕女性的贬义表达的例子，介绍一些英语中性别歧视的普遍现象。第二部分通过汉字构成，贬低女性的谚语和关于蔑视女性的隐喻，将列举出一些汉语中性别歧视的典型现象。第三部分将分别阐释英汉语言中的性别歧视的两个共同点，即词序和关于女性的消极涵义。第四部分，通过已有的研究报告，本文将简短分析三个改善性别歧视的方式。我希望人们在使用英语或汉语时，能拥有避免性别歧视的意识，以此促进和谐沟通的氛围和实现男女本质上的平等。关键词英汉语言性别歧视现象共同点避免方法I
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47、LEINSOCIETYINCHINA,“MALESUPERIORTOFEMALE”ISNOTONLYEVIDENTLYREFLECTEDINTHEFORMATIONOFCHINESECHARACTERSBUTALSOINTHEPROVERBSANDIDIOMS7INTHEANCIENTCHINA,GIRLSOFPOORFAMILIESCOULDNOTATTENDSCHOOLWHILETHOSEOFRICHFAMILIESMIGHTHAVEOPPORTUNITIESTOSTUDYINTHEACADEMY,EVENTHOUGHTHEYWEREREALLYGOODATPOETRY,THESIGNIF
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49、E“梁山伯和祝英台”（LIANGSHANBOANDZHUYINGTAI）,HADTOCOVERHEROWNIDENTITYANDDISGUISEHERSELFASAMANTORECEIVEEDUCATIONSEXISMAGAINSTWOMENALSOLIESINTHEFOLLOWINGTYPICALEXAMPLES“嫁出去的女儿，泼出去的水”IFAWOMANMARRYAMAN,SHEWILLBESUBMISSIVETOHERHUSBANDANDSELDOMRETURNTOHERFAMILYTOKEEPTHEIRPARENTSCOMPANY“嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗”AWOMANHASNOCHOICEBUTTOFOLLOWHERHUSBANDNOMATTERWHATKINDOFPERSONALITYHEHASANDDOTHINGSASHEPLEASED“女人头发长,见识短”WOMENARELONGHAIREDBUTSHORTSIGHTEDFROMTHEABOVEINSTANCES,ITISEASYTOMAKEACONCLUSIONTHATWOMENHAVENOINDEPENDENTVIEWPOINTS,INSPITEOFTHEFACTTHATTHEYAREFREETOEXPRESSTHEIROPINIONS,WHATTHEYSAYISJUST“妇人之见”THE
