| Contents | 第1-6页 |
| Introduction | 第6-9页 |
| ·Subjects and Methodologies | 第6-7页 |
| ·Backgrounds and Purposes | 第7-8页 |
| ·Thesis Organization | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Preliminaries and Literature Review | 第9-19页 |
| ·Theoretical Preliminaries | 第9-15页 |
| ·Relevant Concepts: Definitions and Distinctions | 第9-12页 |
| ·Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis | 第12-15页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第15-19页 |
| ·Previous Research on the Study | 第15-17页 |
| ·Works Relevant to the Study | 第17-19页 |
| Chapter Two Linguistic Features of Sexism in English | 第19-55页 |
| ·Morphological Asymmetry | 第19-25页 |
| ·Marked Woman and Unmarked Man | 第19-25页 |
| ·Lexical Asymmetry | 第25-35页 |
| ·Addressing Woman and Man | 第25-30页 |
| ·Sexually Weighted Words for Woman | 第30-35页 |
| ·Semantic Asymmetry | 第35-55页 |
| ·Sexual Woman and Generic Man | 第36-47页 |
| ·Gender Stereotypes in Proverbs | 第47-55页 |
| Chapter Three Causes of Sexism in English | 第55-63页 |
| ·Historical Perspectives | 第55-58页 |
| ·Social Perspectives | 第58-60页 |
| ·Cultural Perspective | 第60-63页 |
| Chapter Four Reasons for Changing Sexist Language | 第63-72页 |
| ·Language and Reality | 第63-67页 |
| ·Language Change and Social Change | 第67-69页 |
| ·Linguistic Action and Women’s Liberation | 第69-72页 |
| Chapter Five Current Trends for Non-sexist Language | 第72-86页 |
| ·Exposing Sexism in the English Language | 第72-76页 |
| ·Linguistic Disruption | 第72-74页 |
| ·Creation of Woman-centered Language | 第74页 |
| ·Gender Neutralization | 第74-76页 |
| ·Striving for Linguistic Equality of the Sexes | 第76-86页 |
| ·Questions of Designation | 第77-80页 |
| ·Questions of Evaluation | 第80-86页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第86-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-89页 |
| Bibliography | 第89-93页 |
