Kiesling, Scott F.,

Language, gender, and sexuality : an introduction / Scott F. Kiesling. - xii, 187p. : ill. - Routledge guides to linguistics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. More than talking difference -- 2. Studying language -- 3. What is gender, sexuality, sexual identity? (a short introduction to a very big topic) -- 4. How we got here: a brief history of the study of language, gender, and sexuality -- - 5. Linguistic categorization and gender categories -- 6. Interaction, identity, and performativity -- 7. Linguistic norms as gender norms -- 8. Putting it all together: gender, sexuality and language infuse life and society -- Index.

9781138487710 9781138487727

2018048742


Communication--Sex differences.
Grammar, Comparative and general--Gender.
Language and sex.
Language and languages--Sex differences.
Sexism in language.

P96.S48 / K54 2019

408.66 / K477 2019 c.2