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Women- and Gender-Related Linguistics Syllabi on the Web. LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies. Authors: Jane Sunderland and Joan Swann © Jane Sunderland, Lancaster University and Joan Swann, Open University Abstract The relationship between language and gender has long been of interest within sociolinguistics and related disciplines.

LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

After overviewing the history of the subject, the article discusses possible content for language and gender courses as well as addressing issues which may arise in the classroom setting. Myths4-gender.pdf (Oggetto application/pdf) Eckert, 2002 - Language and gender (chepter) - sanmo uvod.pdf (Oggetto application/pdf) Language and gender. Introduction This guide is written for students who are following GCE Advanced level (AS and A2) syllabuses in English Language.

Language and gender

This resource may also be of general interest to language students on university degree courses, trainee teachers and anyone with a general interest in language science. On this page I use red type for emphasis. Brown type is used where italics would appear in print (in this screen font, italic looks like this, and is unkind on most readers). Headings have their own hierarchical logic, too: