LINGUIST 321

Gender and Language

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for LINGUIST 321.

Description

Surveys recent and classic work in language and gender from a sociolinguistic perspective. It covers issues such as: how the category “gender” has developed over time in sociolinguistics; what the relationship is between gender identities and sexual identities; how the ways we talk and act intersect with non-linguistic behaviour to express gender identities.

Availability 2012

Not taught in 2012

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

LINGUIST 321: 15 points

Prerequisites

LINGUIST 101 or 103 and 30 points at Stage II in Linguistics