LANGUAGE AND SEX 语言学

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Men and women have different perceptions in different field
Conversational Difference Have fun!
男人爱上女人：你真好 女人爱上男人：你真坏
男人和女人嬉闹 男孩说：来来来，可爱的小狐理精 女孩则说：去去去，讨厌鬼
• Short and thin • Pitch higher
Phonetic Difference
Male and female have different characteristics in:
• Timbre 音色 • Tempo 音速 • Resonance 共鸣音 • Volume 音量 • Register 音域 • Pitch Range 音延 • Rhythm 节奏
男人因为女人心生妒忌的时候说 他一定比我更有钱，是吗？ 女人因为男人心生妒忌的时候说 我没有她长得好看，是吗?
发狠的时候 男人说：再闹我就休了你 女孩则说：即使做鬼，我也要缠住你
Conversational Difference
E.g.
• They caught the robber, didn’t they? • You didn’t go, did you? • She was ill yesterday, wasn’t she? • It is unfair, isn’t it? • One should be ready to help others, shouldn't one?
-清 ·张岱《公祭祁夫人文》
• 最毒不过妇人心 • 头发长见识短 • ……
Gender Discrimination
Word-formation • man - woman • waiter - waitress • host - hostess
bound morphemes
In French, words are either masculine or feminine • premier, ère adj.第一的 • désolé, e adj.遗憾的 • un, une adj.一个
LANGUAGE ANerence
Conversational Difference 03
02 Lexical Difference
Gender Discrimination 04
Phonetic Difference
Vocal cords 声带
• Long and thick • Pitch lower
Stereotype: Talkative Gender Discrimination
Gender Discrimination
• Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
-The Bible
• 眉公曰：丈夫有德便是才，女子无才便是德。
• Gender • Age • Occupation • Social Status
Lexical Difference
• Firm • Sport • Women • Politics • Cars
Different topics & interests
• Gossip • Men • Shopping • Child-rearing • Personal relationship
看完电影后
女生：哇，这个男主太帅了吧！ 男生：我觉得还行。 女生：你难道不觉得他出场的时候很潇洒吗？ 男生：一般般。 女生：那一段你还记得吗？我看得都要哭了！ 男生： 女生：没想到大结局居然是这样，太可惜了。
Gender Discrimination
• Many women, many words, many geese, many turds. • A woman’s tongue wags like a lamb’s tail. • Silence is the best ornament of a woman.
Lexical Difference
Ultraman
UItraman Seven 赛文·奥特曼
Ultraman 初代奥特曼
UItraman Taro 泰罗·奥特曼
Lexical Difference
Light Pink
Pink
Crimson PaleVioletRed
PINK
Hot Pink DeeplPiipnksticMkasgenta
Express uncertainty / Soften the tone and mood
Conversational Difference
生病时 女生：感冒了要多穿衣服，去看过医生了吗？每天要记 得按时吃药哦，如果还有不舒服，我下午和你去医院看 看吧。 男生：多喝热水。
Conversational Difference