Gender and Language (MSc) (P02175)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : PPL-P-MSc GL

The aim of the course is to become familiar with the main approaches to research on language and gender in sociolinguistics today and to review how and why the field has come to be dominated by particular methods and questions today.
Its objectives include:
- Survey qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of gender in sociolinguistics
- Explore ideologies of gender in society
- Understand better how gender identities relate to other social identities, especially sexual identities, social power and authority
- Understand better how talk, and talk about talk, can be used to study gender identities and gender ideologies

? Keywords : gender; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Either English Language 1 or Linguistics 1B

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	11:10	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Outline the main issues in the field of gender and language research
- Explain what issues and principles underlie major debates in the field
- Discriminate between and define key terms in the field
- Clearly summarise and contextualise (in writing and orally) key readings
- Apply data (texts and recordings) to questions

Assessment Information

EITHER
1. Annotated bibliography (2000 words) of c. 20 journal articles, or 3 books + 5 journal articles (approved in advance by the instructor) demonstrating breadth and depth of reading across the course - OR - Essay (2000 words) explaining and critiquing terms in the field (50% final mark).
2. An essay (3000-4000 words) based on data workshopped in tutorials (50% final mark)