Gender and Language Research Methodologies

by Wodak, Ruth; Harrington, Kate; Litosseliti, Lia; Sauntson, Helen; Sunderland, Jane; Maybin, Janet; Mullany, Louise; Pichler, Pia; Koller, Veronika; Baxter, Judith

• ISBN13: 9780230550681
• ISBN10: 0230550681
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This is the first book that draws together the main current methodological approaches to the study of language and gender. Approaches include Sociolinguistics, Conversation analysis, Corpus linguistics, Critical discourse analysis, Feminist post-structuralist discourse analysis, Discursive psychology and Queer theory.

Author Biography

KATE HARRINGTON is a consultant for the New School in New York. Her main teaching and research interests are gender and language, the history of English, conversational narrative and reported dialogue.
 
LIA LITOSSELITI is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at City University, London, UK. Her main research interests are in the areas of gender and language, discourse analysis, and research issues and methodologies. Her most recent books are Gender and Language (2006) and Using Focus Groups in Research (2003).
 
HELEN SAUNTSON is a lecturer in English Language at Birmingham University, UK. Her main teaching and research interests are in the areas of language, gender and sexuality and language in education. Recent publications include (with Sakis Kyratzis) Language, Sexualities and Desires: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (2007) and (with Liz Morrish) New Perspectives on Language and Sexual Identity (2007).
 
JANE SUNDERLAND is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, UK. She teaches ?Gender and Language? at postgraduate level and co-ordinates a ?Thesis and Coursework? PhD programme. Her most recent books are Language and Gender: an advanced resource book (2006) and Gendered Discourses (2004).

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. viii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Current Research Methodologies in Gender and Language Study: Key Issues	p. 1
Sociolinguistics and Ethnography
Sociolinguistic and Ethnographic Approaches to Language and Gender	p. 21
Reconstructing the Sex Dichotomy in Language and Gender Research: Some Advantages of Using Correlational Sociolinguistics	p. 29
Negotiating Methodologies: Making Language and Gender Relevant in the Professional Workplace	p. 43
Gender, Ethnicity and Religion in Spontaneous Talk and Ethnographic-Style Interviews: Balancing Perspectives of Researcher and Researched	p. 56
Corpus Linguistics
'Eligible' Bachelors and 'Frustrated' Spinsters: Corpus Linguistics, Gender and Language	p. 73
Perpetuating Difference? Corpus Linguistics and the Gendering of Reported Dialogue	p. 85
The English Vocabulary of Girls and Boys: Evidence from a Quantitative Study	p. 103
Conversation Analysis
Conversation Analysis: Technical Matters for Gender Research	p. 119
Categories, Actions and Sequences: Formulating Gender in Talk-in-Interaction	p. 139
Discursive Psychology
Discursive Psychology and the Study of Gender: A Contested Space	p. 161
Discursive 'Embodied' Identities of 'Half' Girls in Japan: A Multi-Perspectival Approach	p. 174
Critical Discourse Analysis
Controversial Issues in Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis	p. 193
CEOs and 'Working Gals': The Textual Representation and Cognitive Conceptualisation of Businesswomen in Different Discourse Communities	p. 211
Harnessing a Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender in Television Fiction	p. 227
Feminist Post-Structuralist Discourse Analysis
Feminist Post-Structuralist Discourse Analysis - A New Theoretical and Methodological Approach?	p. 243
Interwoven and Competing Gendered Discourses in a Pre-School EFL Lesson	p. 256
Queer Theory
The Contributions of Queer Theory to Gender and Language Research	p. 271
Queering Gay Men's English	p. 283
References	p. 297
Index	p. 326
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