Language, Gender, and Sexuality: An Introduction
In: Routledge Guides to Linguistics Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notation and transcription -- Chapter 1: More than talking difference -- Who's writing this book? -- A word on terminology -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Studying language -- Important ideas about language -- Questions linguists ask -- Critical linguistics -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: What are gender and sexuality?: A short introduction to a very big topic -- Feminist theory, politics, and societal power -- Gender, sexuality, and sexual identity and Queer linguistics -- Intersectionalities -- Challenging gender binaries -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: How we got here: A brief history of the study of language, gender, and sexuality -- Lakoff's insights -- The search for difference and dominance -- An aside about identity -- Other early work around the world -- Gender patterns in language change -- Disputing the causes of differences -- Communities of practice -- Performativity and indexing gender -- Bringing in sexual identity and desire -- Emerging trends: Translinguistics, embodiment, and affect -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Linguistic categorization and gender categories -- Gender in grammar: Is language sexist? -- Gender and sexual identity categorization in interaction -- Gender and figurative language -- Categorization of normative sexuality and intimacy -- Categorization of sexual violence -- The politics of pronouns and binarity -- Woman, man -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Interaction, identity, and performativity -- A brief outline of approaches to interactional (discourse) analysis -- Turn-taking and interruption -- Politeness and indirectness -- Gendered address terms -- Gossip -- Generalizations about gender and interaction I -- Desire and flirting.
