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………………………………………..……….….……….… 1. Introduction………………………………….…...…………….…..1 Characteristics of Female Language……….………….………..2 Pronunciation and Intonation ………….….……..……...2 Vocabulary …………………………….……..……..…..4 Grammar……………………………………………….6 Conversation Topics………………………….……..……8 3. The Interpretation of the Female Language Characteristics…………………………………...10 Physiological and Psychological Factors ………....……10 Cultural Factors………………………………….…....11 Social Factors……………………….…………..….....12 Educational Factors……………………………….…..12 4. The Developments and Changes of
Female Language………………………………..………...…15 Degradation of Sexual Discrimination
in Language…... 15 Social Effect of Female Language……………………16
Changes in Women's Style of Speech………………..…
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5. The Reasons for the Changes in Female Language…..…………24
6. Conclusion………………………………………….………………..27 o men. Through )
2 Bibliography
…………………………………………………………....28 Acknowledgements
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Introduction The existence and development of language are intended to meet the
needs munication in society. People in different social groups have
their own special languages. In the English-speaking countries, we can
discover that female language always shows some interesting and
external features of the language consciously or unconsciously in the
course of munication. With the rise of feminism and the
continuous improvement of female social status, a great of changes have
taken place in female language. These changes are closely linked with the
development of society. So the research of female language is a subject
very worthy to be studied. This paper attempts to discuss the
characteristics and some new changes of female language and analyzes
the reason of this phenomenon from the social, cultural and educational,
etc. aspects. 15 DegradationP
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The Characteristics of Female Language Female language has it