여성의 언어와 여성의 사회 문화적 위치에 대한 비교연구: 한국어, 일본어, 중국어, 영어, 아랍어를 중심으로 = A Cross-linguistic Analysis of Women's Language: Korean, Japanese, Chinese, English, and Arabic

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Language reflects and records social and cultural differences in a speech community. Among these differences, this study focuses on gender differences, for most societies differentiate between men and women in various marked ways. Thus, the primary aim of this cross-linguistic analysis is to investigate the dynamic relationship between gender and language use, especially the characteristics of women’s speech in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, English, and Arabic. Based on previous research on women’s speech in English, this study attempts to examine five characteristics of women’s language through oral interviews and questionnaires. The results of this cross-linguistic study of women’s language are as follows: 1) Fine color discrimination is more relevant for women than for men; 2) Women frequently use meaningless particles or weaker expletives, while the stronger expletives are reserved for men; 3) Women are apt to use some specific adjectives that are largely confined to women; 4) In expressing personal feelings or opinions, women’s speech comes across as much more polite than men’s. They tend to avoid confirmation and commitment; and 5) Whereas men prefer colloquial speech, women use more grammatical vocabularies and sentences that conform to grammatical standards.

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