声明
DECLARATION
ABSTRACT
摘要
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One INTRODUCTION
1.1 Literature Review
1.2 The Objectives of the Study
Chapter Two CAUSES OF SEXISM IN ENGLISH
2.1 Cunural Mark
2.1.1 AnCient Greek philosophy
2.1.2 Judaism and Christianity
2.2 Social Perspectives
2.3 Historical Context
Chapter Three SEXISM IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3.1 Women’s Language and Place
3.2 Markedness Theory
3.2.1 Definition of markedness theory
3.2.2 The development of markedness theory
3.3 Markedness Theory and Semantic Features of Sexism
3.3.1 Markedness in semantics
3.3.2 Semantic non-parallel of paired words
3.3.3 Semantic collocation
3.4 Markedness Theory and Analysis of Sexism at the Lexical Level
3.4.1 Markedness in lexicon
3.4.2 Word formation:unmarked men and marked women
3.4.3 Generic masculine
3.4.4 Sexually Weighted words for women
3.4.5 Word order:masculine——feminine
3.5 Sexism in Naming and Addressing System
3.5.1 Sexism in naming conventions
3.5.2 Different ways of addressing
3.6 Sexism in Proverbs and Idioms
3.6.1 Patriarchy Culture
3.6.2 Sexism in proverbs and idioms
Chapter Four SUGGESTED STRATEGIES OF REFORMING SEXISM
4.1 Why Avoiding Sexist Language
4.2 Gender-Neutralization
4.3 Striving for Balanced Naming and Addressing System
4.4 Impmving Women’s Social Status——-the Basic Solution
Chapter Five CONCLUSION
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