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2012 International Conference on Education Technology and Management Engineering
Lecture Notes in Information Technology, Vols.16-17

Study on Gender Differences in English
Xia Wenjing
Chongqing City, Shapingba District, Chongqing University of Science and Technology
Postcode: 401331
Keywords: English language; gender; gender differences

Abstract. As mankind has gender difference, language is the same. There is a consensus that language has gender difference as a social behavior in communication. These differences reflect the traditonal social culture, mode of thinking and values.With the development of society, it is more and more necessary to reseach the relationship between gender and language. In the field of linguistics, the relationship between language and gender has been by many sub-areas studied, but many focus on the male and female language differences. Language and gender interaction.Existence of gender differences determines the language response of sex differences,and gender differences in language promote and deepen the requirements and regulations of the social and cultural life of different gender. Introduction
Language is a kind of social phenomenon and a part of the culture. It is also a refraction of society and culture. So it is a natural phenomenon that the male and female social status inequality is reflected in language. However, the development of the language is changing with the development of the society.The phenomenon of gender difference will change gradually in language with social progress and improving women status. Some well-known linguist explores the reflect of gender differences in pronunciation, intonation, vocabulary and discourse style from the perspective of sociolinguistics research, and analyze the latest reasons of these differences and development and changes. This paper attempts to explore the differences of men and women in the use of English lexical, syntactic, conversational style, and

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