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addition, the term “gender” is considered as one of the problematic
concepts in this direction of linguistics. The main attention of linguists was paid to
distinguish the terms of “gender” and “sex”. Cameron points out that a
‘correlational’ relationship between sex and gender is usually seen in one of two
possible ways: first, that gendered behavior is ‘built on’
to pre-existing sex
differences, and, second, that the sex-gender relationship may be arbitrary, but that
there will always be gender differences in behavior, which then come to
“symbolize” sex (1997p). This sex–gender relationship
entails differences or
tendencies in what women and men do and say, stemming from the notion of
gender as an idea about the importance of differentiation
between women and
men.“Gender refers to the array of socially constructed roles and relationships,
personality traits, attitudes,
behaviors, values, relative power and influence that
society ascribes to the two sexes on a differential
basis. Whereas biological
sex is determined by
genetic and anatomical characteristics, gender is an
acquired
identity that is learned, changes over time
and varies widely within and across cultures. Gender
is relational and refers not simply to women or men
but to the relationship between them”.
O.V. Ryabov
explains the relationship
of these two terms as one
whole and part: “Sex is biological, consists of
sociocultural sex with sociocultural elements. That is
why “gender” and “sex” is appeared as “whole and
part”.
Genderological analysis of a language can serve in understanding not only
its anthropocentric paradigm
but also its male and
female peculiarities. The opinion of
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