摘要《欲望都市》是由美国HBO影视发行的关于四位女主人公生活的情景喜剧电影，妇女之间的交谈是这部电影最吸引人的特色之一。本文以《欲望都市》中的女性语言为研究对象，以Lakoff的女性语言特征和Leech礼貌原则为分析框架对剧中女性语言特点进行话语分析。就研究方法而言，本论文对《欲望都市》中男女主人公所用语言的频率和分布进行了定性和定量分析。其研究结论是，在词汇方面，女性更倾向于使用形容词和模糊限制语，句法方面，女性更倾向于使用附加疑问句以及间接请求表示其礼貌客气。67152

毕业论文关键词  女性语言特点  语用分析  《欲望都市》

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Title A Pragmatic Study of Female Language Features in Sex and the City

Abstract

Sex and the City, aired by HBO Films, is a comic film about the lives of four heroines, and women’s talk is one of the most attractive features of this film. Taking Lakoff’s analysis of women’s language and Leech’s politeness principle as the analytical framework, this thesis takes lines of Sex and the City as research object and analyzes the female language features in it. Methodologically speaking, the author conducts qualitative analysis as well as quantitative analysis to the distributions and frequencies of characters’ language in Sex and the City. Through careful analyses of the selected language materials, the author finds that in the lexical level, women consciously tend to use more adjectives and hedges; from the syntactical level, women are prone to use tag questions and indirect requests to show their politeness.

Keywords:  Female Language Features   Pragmatic Analysis   Sex and the City

Table of Contents

1Introduction ....…5

1.1  Object of the Study.….….…5

1.2  Significance of the Study..…..…..6

1.3  Organization of the Thesis…..…..6

2  Literature Review….…...7

2.1  Language and Gender..….…7

2.2  Studies on Women’s Language...….….8

2.2.1  Studies on Women’s language abroad….….…..8

2.2.2  Studies on Women’s language at Home….…....9

3  Theoretical Framework…..…10

3.1  Lakoff’s Analysis of Women’s Language….….…...….….10

3.2  Leech’s Politeness Principle….….….….....11

4  Research Design and Methodology........13

4.1  The Collection and Description of Data..….…...13

4.2  Data Analysis…...…....….….…..13

5  Features of Women’s Language in Sex and the City…....…15

5.1  Lexical Level…..….…15

5.1.1  Extravagant Adjectives............….…15

5.1.2  Hedges.….....…...…....….17

5.2  Syntactical Level…..…...…19

5.2.1  Tag questions…..….….…....…19

5.2.2  Indirect Request…..….….…........…20

Conclusion.….....…..…....…23

Acknowledgements…...…..….…24

Bibliography….….…..….…25

1. Introduction

1.1 Object of the Study

The previous researches on language and gender have found some features of women’s language in the aspects of lexicon, syntax and pragmatics. While female identity and feminism become to gain more and more attention, we are curious about whether the former studies still work for the modern city women. The present study is aimed at checking the existent relevant conclusions by providing pragmatic analysis of women’s language in the film Sex and the City.