摘要
Thisarticleinvestigateslexicalgenderinspecializedcommunication.Thekeymethodofanalysisisthatofformsofaddress,professionaltitles,and’genericman’inaonemillionwordcorpusofbusinessletters.Thispaperfoundamixedresults:ontheonehand,the’male-as-norm’principlecontributestoreinforcingtypicalgenderstereotypes:forexample,foreachwomanreferredtointhecorpus,therearemorethan3occurrencesforman.Ontheotherhand,advocatesofnon-sexistEnglishhavealsoinfluencedwrittenBusinessEnglish:forexample,MsismorefrequentthanMrs.orMiss,whichsustainstheclaimthatequatesMswithprofessionalsettings.ThisarticleendsbydiscussingthewaysinwhichtheresearchfindingsofthisstudycouldpositivelyimpactupontheteachingofBusinessEnglish.
出版日期
2011年04月19日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
