Abstract
This article is devoted to a very up-to-date area of linguistic research–linguistic gender. More specifically, it pays special attention to how gender linked language effects are revealed in the names of toys in the overall production of Mongolian child language by distinguishing the main stages of children’s linguistic development as well as gender acquisition. In a broader sense, this aspect of child development is supposed to bring us one step closer to better understand the interaction between biology and environment.
Highlights
‘Gender’ has recently developed into an essential area of study and has drawn a considerable attention of sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists in the field
The theme studied in this particular research is claimed to be multidimensional. It resides at the intersection of various disciplines including psychology, sociolinguistics, child language acquisition, cultural anthropology and cognitive science as well
Post-structuralist model of gender have always been embraced by sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists in that ‘language’ may lend itself to an ability to focus on gender (McElhinny, 2003)
Summary
‘Gender’ has recently developed into an essential area of study and has drawn a considerable attention of sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists in the field. In most psychological theories regarding gender, there is an implicit definition of gender difference that rests on a simplified biological foundation It is partially based on 3 stages of child development proposed by Powlishta (1998): a) Prenatal development b) The first year of life – in which physical development, perceptual abilities, ability level, parental interactions with young children are prominent and c) traditional theories of gender role development which is studied from psychoanalytic perspective, social learning, and cognitive development approaches. These theories focus on socialization forces ( called socialization influences) which roughly define how children learn to be boys and girls
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