Author(s)

Li Shanning ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ International College, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China

Corresponding Author

Li Shanning

ABSTRACT

Society and language are closely linked, and language is a mapping of real society. Language produces various differences due to the influence of social attributes such as ethnicity, class, stratum, occupation, age, gender, education and status. With the development of society, the various differences in language are constantly changing. Among these, gender differences have a great impact on language. Since the 20th century, linguists have gradually paid attention to the close connection between gender and language. Adopting the sociolinguistic approaches, this paper focuses on analysing gender differences in Chinese speech acts and exploring their causes, with a view to deepening people's understanding of gender differences in specific language use, enabling both genders to understand each other better in the process of communication, thus reducing misunderstandings in communication and better achieving the purpose of communication.

KEYWORDS

Sociolinguistics; speech act; gender differences

CITE THIS PAPER

Li Shanning, A Study of Gender Differences in Chinese Speech Acts. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2024) Vol. 7: 43-47. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2024.070107.

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