Nicknames as Sex-Role Stereotypes
Nicknames as Sex-Role Stereotypes
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DOI：
10.1007/bf01548251
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发表时间：
1996-11-01
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影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Bosch, B
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作者：
deKlerk, V;Bosch, B
昵称是对性别类别态度的有力指标，由于其短暂和可选的性质，有人认为，它们比E语言中其他更固定的部分更有可能显示出与文化和社会中正在发生的趋势的更密切关系。B。菲利普斯（1990年），《绰号与性别角色定型》，《性别角色》，第23卷，第100页。281-289]。本研究报告中的一组陷入困境的社会经济背景的南非青少年（约25%的其他白色），试图解释与性别相关的趋势，在发生频率，使用和态度，这种特殊的名字的昵称使用的调查。bt表明，关于昵称的习俗和使用与昵称持有者和使用者的性别密切相关，男性比女性更多地拥有昵称和创造昵称;研究还显示，在昵称的语言来源和使用者方面，女性昵称更倾向于作为情感的指示器，而不是幽默或批评效果。这种趋势可能与女性在社会中的养育作用以及男女之间社会权力的差异有关。
Nicknames are powerful indicators of attitudes towards gender categories and because of their transient and optional nature, it has been argued that they are more likely to show a closer relationship to ongoing trends in the culture and society than other more fixed parts of the language E. B. Phillips (1990) [''Nicknames and Sex Role Stereotypes,'' Sex Roles, Vol. 23, pp. 281-289]. This study reports on a survey of nickname usage among a group of South African adolescents from mired socioeconomic backgrounds (approximately 25% other than white) in an attempt to explicate gender-linked trends in frequency of occurrence, usage and attitudes to such special names. bt reveals that conventions regarding nickname coinage and usage are intimately connected to the gender of bearers and users, and that more males have nicknames and coin them than females; it also shows significant sex-linked differences in the linguistic sources and users of nicknames, and reveals a greater tendency for female nicknames to function as indicators of affection rather than for humorous or critical effect It could be argued that these trends could be linked to the nurturing and nutured role of females in society, and to the differences in social power generally between males and females.