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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808595303321

Autore

Kiesling Scott F.

Titolo

Language, gender, and sexuality : an introduction / / Scott F. Kiesling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2019

ISBN

1-351-04242-4

1-351-04240-8

1-351-04241-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 pages)

Disciplina

305.3

Soggetti

Communication - Sex differences

Grammar, Comparative and general - Gender

Language and sex

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.