Gender differences reflected in language shows the differences of people's cultural traditions, thinking modes and values, researches on this issue have practical significances on the construction of a harmonious, successful language communication between men and women. ... Personality, culture backgrounds, social experiences and physiological components give us a better understanding about the factors that cause gender and language difference. ... Men's and women's different vocal organs also lead to a significant gender differences in language. ... Last but not least, social...

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If you have tried and your first language is English some different languages can be quite hard to pick up on. One of the languages that I find hard to pick up on is the Italian language. While the Italian language and the English Language both contain 26 alphabet letters Italian does not use every letter as often as Americans. ... How did this language start? ... Linguists affirm that the language used in the document isn't Latin although Italian is one of the closest languages to Latin. ...

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Except Chinese, the English language is spoken in more parts of the world than any other language. ... English was evolved from Germanic languages, which is part of the Indo-European language.  ... The modern English is a reasonably flexible language. ... With the minimizing of inflections, the differences of grammatical gender in English were replaced by those of natural gender. ... Since the English, language is capable of never-ending possibilities; it has become the head of international language....

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Although similar to spoken languages, sign language also significantly differs from them in a variety of forms. ... Spoken languages are understood through ears, while sign languages are understood through eyes. ... From a physical perspective, sign language uses more energy and provides more exhaustion than spoken languages. ... Hearing loss occurs worldwide to both genders of all ages and races. ... Nowadays sign language is part of the society, it does not distinguish races, ages, genders. ...

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In everyday language, the term 'gender' is sometimes confused with the term 'sex'. ... If sex and gender can be separated, then it may imply that gender is socially constructed. ... This notion of gender might seem quite unfounded, because if gender traits were innate, then there would be no need to learn how to behave, dress and think according to our gender. ... By the term 'discourse' Foucault meant a group of statements that represents knowledge at a particular point in history; the expression of knowledge through language (Wetherhell, Taylor & Yates, 2001)...

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The Hittite language is part of the Indo-European languages associated with the Anatolian branch of the group. ... It disintegrated and was replaced by the Luwian language. ... Gender separation does exist but only a word can be used as both male and female. ... Adjectives are reflected in both number and gender and similar endings with the different forms of nouns. ... Hittite language was written using Akkadian cuneiform orthography. ...

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Language isn't just words; it includes pictures, written and oral language, sign language, gestures and body language, signs and any other practice that conveys meaning. ... Another genre of language is Popular English. ... Both spoken and written dialects are linked to the social background, age, race, and gender of the writer, speaker and audience. ... If we can accept other languages then the social practice of language will continue. ... Teachers should be aware of all children's culture, class, gender, race and (in the case of older students) sexual orientation to give the...

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Russell McCutcheon's "Naming The Unnameable: Theological Language And The Academic Study of Religion," presents readers with the "wider problem of the naming and use of theological language in the context of religious studies.... Throughout his article, McCutcheon attempts to tackle the question by distinguishing how the theological language can be categorized between a gender-neutral "God" and the generic uses of "gods." ... He discusses how a gender neutral God language is often used within the feminist movement. ... " When discussing the gender inclusive language...

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One such study has shown that there is not a gender difference in romantic beliefs. Due to the fact that love is an irrational emotion, there should not be a gender placed on how an individual speaks the language of love. ... Everyone has their own love language, ergo your gender is irrelevant when it comes to how you love other people. ... The same can be said about the other love languages. ... " Gender does not define how we speak the language of love. ...

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Title: An Investigation into Sexist Language. Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is language. ... For example in the statement "if a child wants to buy some chocolate then he will need some money" the ungendered term "child" is replaced with the gendered pronoun "he" in the latter half of the sentence. ... Fasold (1984...

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The writer derives this from the research on the English language. From this research of the language shows that it is a sexist society. ... This shows that stereotypes end up following a molding the language gave us. Hence, yielding gender stereotypes. ... Society creates gender stereo types. ...

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Shakespeare challenges the assumptions made about gender in his own society. ... Shakespeare shows how gender can be distorted by the outside elements of language, and appearance. ... The most blatant comment on gender is made by Orsino in the final act. ... The language of a character always reflects his or her gender. ... The same melodramatic edge in language is expressed by Sebastian, who claims that his "stars shine darkly." ...

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The aspects of spontaneous language, is shown within Graham Norton's interview. His chat show has a history, of the humour side of spoken language. ... There are many more characteristics of spontaneous language. ... Moving onto spoken language, within a scripted text. ... It also shows the diversity of culture, gender, age and class. ...

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Differences between the two sexes fascinate people so it is not surprising that there is curiosity about the way women and men talk, and whether there indeed are linguistic gender differences (Coates, 2004). ... It is only relatively recently that sociolinguists have turned their attention to gender. ... The investigating of the differences between the two genders in terms of vocabulary was widespread in the 18th century. ... Eighteen-century writers defined language in terms of male language; the way men talked was seen as the norm, with women's language as being deviant" (Coates, 2...

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This paper will evaluate the differences between genders in communication. ... The first part of the paper will examine why there is a need to understand gender communication, and the relation between different world-views and gender communication. ... Lastly, gender communication is unpredictable (Ivy and Backlund, 1994). Tannen (1992) states that although men and women in a same community speak the same language, the way they think, feel and what they expect from an interaction leads to differences in the communication. ... "If women speak and hear a language of connection and intimacy, whi...

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Human language has evolved over time. ... (West 12) A more prevalent language around the world is the English language which is the most common language spoken around the world."The lingua Franca" is a language that has taken over a thousand years to evolve, mainly through its borrowings from other languages such as French and Latin. ... Most European languages are very similar to those spoken in India and Persia, assuming language called Indo-European. ... However, this lead to the loss of grammatical gender of the language and therefore mixed the vocabulary. ...

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Another gendered reading could suggest that the change was metaphorical. ... The use of figurative language in "The Carnival of Venice" shows the construction of gender in society. ... In "Long after Heine," the use of figurative language plays a more visual purpose. ... The construction of gender roles and the loss of identity are issues that are often addressed by Gwen Harwood. ... The construction of gender is society is shown through the use of figurative language in "Long After Heine" but in "Carnival of Venice," figurative language is used to symbolize the lost of identity. ...

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In his book, "Why Gender Matters," Dr. ... In 1964, it was found that asymmetry in the brain, regarding language functions, is much less noticeable in women than in men. This research by Herbert Lansdell was an extension of findings in the 1800's by Charles Edouard Brown-Sequard and Henry Charlton Bastian that the left side of the brain was focused on language. ... Again, women do not show such a dramatic drop in language skill. ... Many gender stereotypes persist. ...

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Language Policy is the legal and statutory measures aimed at regulating language use, while the Language Planning is language policy's practical implementation or execution that hinges upon goals, strategies and assessment of outcomes. (Rubin 1983) Hence in Language Planning literature both Language Planning and Language Policy and Planning (LPP) are used interchangeably. ... If minority language speakers clamour for their language rights, there may be another set of minority language group for whom their language is viewed as a problem. ... Language as a problem: When language planners ...

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As illustrated in the not-so-fictional scenario above, gender socialization begins very early in life. ... A baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. ... Think about what you do everyday and how much of it relies on gender and then think about Toby. ... In a perfect world, there would be no gender differentiation, no racial tension and no political incorrectness . ... Now we are starting to use a mo re socially acceptable language and replacing such terms with fire fighter, flight attendant, domestic partner or significant other, poli...

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"Researchers have found that teachers interact differently with students of similar gender than they do with students of opposite gender. ... They looked at the abilities of the boys and girls without considering their gender.  ... (Levitch and Gable, 2005)   Another concept they used and one that I really liked was  Avoid language that limits one gender or another from participating. Children learn what is expected of them from the language used by their role models. ... "Gender stereotypes exist in society at large and in education. ...

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Feminism has created an awareness of women's rights resulting in a closer equilibrium of power between genders. ... The ideological construct of language portrays women to be the least significant gender. This is evident in forms of gender specific language, where certain nouns are not symmetrical and tend to downgrade women. ... The social construct of mans dominance through years of evolution has been integrated into language. Sexism is entrenched in language and impossible to change even by the reformation of individual language terms. ...

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When the child acquires language and they begin developing cognitively, they can verbally express themselves as being a girl or boy. This is the early expression of gender identity. Gender stability is the second stage, often understood by age four, "Which is the understanding that you stay the same gender throughout life" (Boyd, Bee, Johnson, 2009. ... Often children will relate and compare their gender to parents or siblings. ... During the preschool years with the emerging sense of self, and the acceptance of their gender, children still have the task of identifying their roles an...

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Sounds, songs, scents, and waving a hand/paw/claw (body language) are all examples of signals. ... Another species in the animal kingdom that has an interesting love language is horses. ... The fourth animal that has an interesting love language is the chimpanzee. ... Shows of affection include hugging and kissing, which can be between chimpanzees of any age or gender. ... They also display a variety of body language.. ...

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In today's society, language plays a major role in defining gender. ... Its socialization, which means parents and society treat kids differently based on certain characteristics, which in this case gender. ... In a perfect world, there would be no gender differentiation, no racial tension and no political incorrectness. ... Now we are starting to use a more socially acceptable language and replacing such terms with fire fighter, flight attendant, domestic partner or significant other, police officer and administrative assistant. We are slowly, and I do mean slowly, moving towards a non...

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