Language, Gender, and Sexuality
Language, Gender, and Sexuality (LING 343) was an introduction to an expanding and evolving field within sociolinguistics: the intersection of language with ideologies of gender and sexuality. By integrating a variety of theoretical and analytical perspectives from sociolinguistics and gender theory, the class explored how language in use shapes—and is shaped by—social constructions of gender and sexuality. Through readings, lectures, group discussions, hands-on data workshops, and independent research, students covered topics such as gender as socially constructed through language use; sexism and heterosexism in language; intersections of gender with sexuality, race, ethnicity, and class; language and gender in institutional contexts; and how the field of language and gender has evolved over time. This course was taught by Marissa Fond as a Doyle Seminar in fall 2021.
