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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences : Language Sciences

Undergraduate Course: Gender and Language (LASC10064)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaLanguage Sciences Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: English Language 1 (LASC08001) OR Linguistics 1B (LASC08012) OR Linguistics & English Language 1 (LASC08015)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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%).
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
Keywordsgender; sociolinguistics; linguistic anthropology
Contacts
Course organiserDr Miriam Meyerhoff
Tel: (0131 6)51 1836
Email: Miriam.Meyerhoff@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk
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