摘要：性别歧视作为一种社会现象必然会影响到作为社会交际工具的语言。词汇作为社会语言的一个重要组成部分，其中所体现的性别歧视现象是最明显和最丰富。我们拟从社会语言学的角度，探讨英汉语中的显性和隐性性别歧视现象，同时探讨女权运动下英语性别歧视现象的演变，并指出语言词汇中的性别歧视现象对正确交际的重要作用。

关键词：英汉语; 显性; 隐性; 性别歧视; 演变;

Contents

Acknowledgement

摘要

Abstract

1.Introduction.1

2.Definition of Sexism.2

3. Explicit sexism in English and Chinese vocabulary..3

3.1Gender discrimination in word formation3

3.1.1 Adding a suffix.3

3.1.2 Composing a compound.5

3.2 Gender discrimination in the use of pronouns.7

3.3 Gender discrimination in appellation.8

3.4 Gender discrimination in word order.9

3.5 Gender discrimination in modifiers10

4.  Implicit sexism in English and Chinese vocabulary...10

4.1 Gender discrimination in lexical gaps11

4.2 Gender discrimination in the degradation of word meaning.11

4.2.1 Gender discrimination in the use of euphemism13

4.3 Gender discrimination in lexical metaphors13

4.4 Gender discrimination in word usage.14

5. Conclusion15

References.18