| ABSTRACT | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-15页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two CAUSES OF SEXISM IN ENGLISH | 第17-25页 |
| ·Cultural Mark | 第17-20页 |
| ·Ancient Greek philosophy | 第17-18页 |
| ·Judaism and Christianity | 第18-20页 |
| ·Social Perspectives | 第20-22页 |
| ·Historical Context | 第22-25页 |
| Chapter Three SEXISM IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 第25-52页 |
| ·Women's Language and Place | 第25-26页 |
| ·Markedness Theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Definition of markedness theory | 第26页 |
| ·The Development of markedness theory | 第26-27页 |
| ·Markedness Theory and Semantic Features of Sexism | 第27-31页 |
| ·Markedness in semantics | 第27页 |
| ·Semantic non-parallel of paired words | 第27-29页 |
| ·Semantic collocation | 第29-31页 |
| ·Markedness Theory and Analysis of Sexism at the Lexical Level | 第31-38页 |
| ·Markedness in lexicon | 第31-32页 |
| ·Word formation:unmarked men and marked women | 第32-33页 |
| ·Generic masculine | 第33-34页 |
| ·Sexually weighted words for women | 第34-37页 |
| ·Word order | 第37-38页 |
| ·Sexism in Naming and Addressing System | 第38-44页 |
| ·Sexism in naming conventions | 第38-42页 |
| ·Different ways of addressing | 第42-44页 |
| ·Sexism in Proverbs and Idioms | 第44-52页 |
| ·Patriarchy culture | 第45-48页 |
| ·Sexism in proverbs and idioms | 第48-52页 |
| Chapter Four SUGGESTED STRATEGIES OF REFORMING SEXISM | 第52-60页 |
| ·Why Avoiding Sexist Language | 第52页 |
| ·Gender-Neutralization | 第52-56页 |
| ·Striving for Balanced Naming and Addressing System | 第56-58页 |
| ·Improving Women's Social Status—the Basic Solution | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter Five CONCLUSION | 第60-62页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第62-64页 |
