Description
Language, Gender, and Sexuality offers a panoramic and accessible introduction to the ways in which linguistic patterns are sensitive to social categories of gender and sexuality, as well as an overview of how speakers use language to create and display gender and sexuality. This book includes discussions of trans/non-binary/genderqueer identities, embodiment, new media, and the role of language and interaction in sexual harassment, assault, and rape. Drawing on an international range of examples to illustrate key points, this book addresses the questions of:
- how language categorizes the gender/sexuality world in both grammar and interaction;
- how speakers display, create, and orient to gender, sexuality, and desire in interaction;
- how and why people display different ways of speaking based on their gender/sexual identities.
Aimed at students with no background in linguistics or gender studies, this book is essential reading for anyone studying language, gender, and sexuality for the first time.
Author: Scott F. Kiesling
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/12/2019
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781138487727
ISBN10: 1138487724
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | Sociolinguistics
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Alphabets & Writing Systems
About the Author
Scott F. Kiesling is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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