小议妇女运动对英语词汇的影响

• 作 者: 刘墨
• 机 构: 海南省委党校,
• 出 处: 新东方
• 发表日期: 1994年Z4期
• 关键词: 性别歧视 妇女解放运动 情貌 精神文明建设 历史范畴 变革时代 妇女地位 女权运动 性歧视 人称代词

词汇作为一种体系,属于历史范畴。通过对词汇的分析研究,我们可以看出社会的变化和发展的轨迹。词汇的变化就象晴雨表,总是记录着变革时代之脉搏的跳动,反映出社会情貌、风尚和变革。就英语而言,我们可以看出许多对女性歧视的词汇,但随着世界妇女解放运动的蓬勃发展,妇女地位的日益提高,这类词汇越来越少了,从而使语言在推进人类精神文明建设上起了很大的作用。

Vocabulary as a system belongs to the historical category. Through the analysis of the vocabulary, we can see the changes in society and the trajectory of development. Vocabulary changes like a barometer, always recording the pulse of the changing times of the beats, reflecting the social situation, fashion and change. As far as English is concerned, we can see many terms that discriminate against women. However, with the vigorous development of the world women’s liberation movement and the increasing status of women, fewer and fewer such words have become so that language is promoting human spiritual civilization Construction has played a big role.