Theory and Practice in Language Studies, Volume (3), No (1), Year (2013-1) , Pages (195-200)

Title : ( On Sex Discrimination in Persian Proverbs )

Authors: fakhteh nakhavali , Shahla Sharifi ,

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Abstract

Proverbs are important part of a language and carrier of a culture. They reflect people"s perspective and society systems. The discrimination and derogation against women in societies can be reflected in proverbs because they impact the social concepts greatly. By studying proverbs, the deep-rooted gender biased ideology is a society is observable. Persian is not a gender language, but studying 12,000 Persian proverbs through this research shows there are elements of oppression in some proverbs of this language which relate to women and sexes.

Keywords

, Sex discrimination, Semantic derogation, sexism, gender language, proverbs
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author = {Nakhavali, Fakhteh and Sharifi, Shahla},
title = {On Sex Discrimination in Persian Proverbs},
journal = {Theory and Practice in Language Studies},
year = {2013},
volume = {3},
number = {1},
month = {January},
issn = {1799-2591},
pages = {195--200},
numpages = {5},
keywords = {Sex discrimination; Semantic derogation; sexism; gender language; proverbs},
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%A Nakhavali, Fakhteh
%A Sharifi, Shahla
%J Theory and Practice in Language Studies
%@ 1799-2591
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