| Acknowledgement | 第1-3页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第3-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 中文提要 | 第5-7页 |
| Synopsis | 第7-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-19页 |
| ·The Objectives of the Study | 第12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-19页 |
| ·Gender and Sex | 第12-13页 |
| ·Sexism | 第13-14页 |
| ·Gender-language Studies in Chinese | 第14-17页 |
| ·Gender-language Studies in English | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter 2 Culture and Language | 第19-35页 |
| ·Definitions of Language and Culture | 第19-23页 |
| ·What is Language? | 第19页 |
| ·What is Culture? | 第19-23页 |
| ·the Relationship between Culture and Language | 第23-26页 |
| ·Cultural Factors of Sexism in Language | 第26-35页 |
| ·the Influence of Religion and Traditional Ideology | 第26-29页 |
| ·the Influence of History | 第29-31页 |
| ·the Influence of the Society | 第31-33页 |
| ·the Influence of Patriarch System and Courtesy | 第33-35页 |
| Chapter 3 Sexism in Language | 第35-60页 |
| ·Analysis of Sexism in Language at Lexical Level | 第35-41页 |
| ·Generic Masculine | 第35-39页 |
| ·Word Formation | 第39-41页 |
| ·Analysis of Sexism in Language at Semantic Level | 第41-48页 |
| ·Semantic Derogation of Women | 第41-45页 |
| ·Masculine—Feminine Order | 第45-46页 |
| ·Word Choice | 第46-48页 |
| ·Naming and Addressing | 第48-52页 |
| ·Different Connotations of Personal Names | 第48-50页 |
| ·Honorific Titles | 第50-51页 |
| ·Professional Titles and Terms | 第51-52页 |
| ·Sexism in Proverbs and Idioms | 第52-56页 |
| ·about Women’s Social Role | 第52-53页 |
| ·about Women’s Wisdom and Mentality | 第53-54页 |
| ·about the Apple of Discord | 第54页 |
| ·about the Marriage | 第54-55页 |
| ·about Women’s Words | 第55-56页 |
| ·Sexism in Mass Media | 第56-58页 |
| ·Sexism in Computer Mediated Communication | 第58-60页 |
| Chapter 4 Suggested Strategies of Reforming Sexism in Language | 第60-73页 |
| ·Some Misunderstandings of Reforming Sexist Language | 第60-63页 |
| ·Creating a Woman-centered Language | 第60页 |
| ·Taking Some Neutral Words as Sexist Ones | 第60页 |
| ·Confusing Gender Difference with Gender Bias in Language | 第60-63页 |
| ·Striving for Gender Neutralization in Language | 第63-67页 |
| ·Strategies of Eliminating Sexism in English | 第64-66页 |
| ·Strategies of Eliminating Sexism in Chinese | 第66-67页 |
| ·Improving Women’s Social Status | 第67-73页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第73-75页 |
| Bibliography | 第75-79页 |
| 个人简历与研究成果 | 第79页 |
