Women- and Gender-Related Linguistics Syllabi on the Web. Teaching language and gender | 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. 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. Table of contents 1. The relationship between language and gender has long been of interest within sociolinguistics and related disciplines. More recently, and particularly in studies carried out since the early 1990s, gender has been reconceptualised to a significant extent, influenced by contemporary theories associated with post-structuralism such as performativity theory (Butler, 1990/1999; 1993; 1997). 2. 3.
Despite the potential for diversity, we would suggest that the teaching of most language and gender modules shares some common themes: 4. 5. A. 6. 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. 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: Back to top Language and gender - what is it all about? When you start to study language and gender, you may find it hard to discover what this subject, as a distinct area in the study of language, is about.
To get you started, here is an outline of part of one exam board's Advanced level module on Language and Social Contexts - there are three subjects, one of which is Language and Gender. How language reveals, embodies and sustains attitudes to gender. Is it easy or hard?