Abstract:Women have their own ways in using the English Language, which is rich in emotion, modulation in tone, gentle and cultivated, standard and implicit or bluff and bluster. Does female English really have these characteristics? Based on the theories of some famous linguists in and out of China, this paper discusses the characteristics of female English from the aspects of pronunciation and intonation, vocabulary, sentence structure and style. What accounts for the characteristics of female English language will also be analyzed in this paper.
Key words: characteristics; female English language; pronunciation; vocabulary; causes
中文摘要:在英语的运用中，女性在运用英语语言时有自己独特的特点，如絮絮闲聊、柔声轻语、彬彬有礼、热情洋溢、斟词酌句……是否女性英语真具有这些特征，本论文将在国内外语言学家研究的基础上，从语音语调，词汇，句法结构上进行探究。本文也将分析女性在英语运用中拥有自己语言特征的原因。
关键词：女性英语特点；语音语调；句法结构；词汇；成因
