Open AccessDynamics of gender representation in online communication in Chinese
Author(s) -
Anastasiia M. Zinina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
voprosy psiholingvistiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6908
pISSN - 2077-5911
DOI - 10.30982/2077-5911-2021-49-3-86-96
Subject(s) - vocabulary , china , femininity , field (mathematics) , masculinity , gender studies , representation (politics) , sociology , set (abstract data type) , globalization , focus (optics) , linguistics , history , political science , computer science , politics , philosophy , mathematics , archaeology , pure mathematics , law , programming language , physics , optics
The article describes changes in the vision of gender of the Chinese that are currently taking place due to globalization and the increased role of the feminist movement in the world. The article aims to describe words and phrases that reflect the contemporary gender vision of native Chinese speakers as well as to analyze the influence of global agenda on the formation of ideas about femininity and masculinity. The paper reviews the theoretical studies of Chinese scientists in the field of gender linguistics, determines the areas where the influence of Western theories is the most significant. The article describes the social status of men and women in three main periods: pre-imperial and imperial China, communist China in the 20th century, modern China in the 21st century. However, the main focus of the article is on the modern Chinese language, as there is a lack of studies in this field. Gender representations reflected in the Xinhua Internet Dictionary 新华 网络 语言 词 典 and the online dictionary 小鸡 词典 were selected as the research material. We selected words and set phrases containing such characters as 女 “woman” and 男 “man”, studied their description provided by vocabulary entries, reviewed gender representation in media.