Language and gender
Proposed to be offered next in 1998
Joanne Winter
12 points
* 2 hours
* First semester
* Clayton
Objectives On the successful completion of this subject students should have an understanding of the issues in the representation of women and men in language and the discursive construction of gender in language use and be able to analyse and critically interpret linguistic sexism in a range of spoken and written texts using appropriate theoretical concepts and frameworks.
Synopsis The subject examines various aspects of the relationship between language and women/men in society. Issues dealt with in the subject include the communication patterns of women and men in various settings (private and public sphere, eg casual conversation, work place communication), the construction of gender in language (sexism) and feminist language policy/planning. The subject also discusses language and gender findings in light of current feminist, sociolinguistic and linguistic theories. The subject aims to introduce students to the major aspects of this rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of research and to enable students to critically examine the relationship between language and the sexes in society.
Assessment Oral presentation on research project: 30%
* research
project (5000 words): 50%
* Review task: 20%
Prescribed texts
A set of readings to be obtained from the Department of Linguistics
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