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Undergraduate Course: Gender and Language (LASC10064)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Language Sciences	Other subject area	None
Course website	None
Course description	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: - 8226; Survey qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of gender in sociolinguistics - 8226; Explore ideologies of gender in society - 8226; Understand better how gender identities relate to other social identities, especially sexual identities, social power and authority - 8226; Understand better how talk, and talk about talk, can be used to study gender identities and gender ideologies.

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: English Language 1 (LASC08001) OR Linguistics 1B (LASC08012)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

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
Assessment is by annotated bibliography (30%), take-home short essay (20%), final essay (50%).
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Miriam Meyerhoff Tel: (0131 6)51 1836 Email: Miriam.Meyerhoff@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Stephanie Fong Tel: Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk

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