Week 1: March 30-April 3
Is Language Sexist? |
- Editor's introduction (LWP 3-14)
- Lakoff (LWP 51-75, plus annotations in the footnotes)
Quiz 0 (not graded)
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Week 2: April 6-10
Imagining "Women's Language" |
- Lakoff (LWP 39-50, 77-102, plus annotations in the footnotes)
Quiz 1
FO 1 due
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Week 3: April 13-17
The "Verbal Woman": Essentializing Conversation and Cooperation |
- ERes: Cameron, " Unanswered Questions and Unquestioned Assumptions in the Study of Language and Gender: Female Verbal Superiority "
- Tannen (LWP 158-164)
Quiz 2
FO 2 due
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Week 4: April 20-24
Interactional Inequality and the Radical Critique of Gender Difference |
- ERes: Ochs and Taylor, "The 'Father Knows Best' Dynamic in Dinnertime Narratives"
- Ehrlich (LWP 223-228)
Quiz 3
FO 3 due |
Week 5: April 27-May 1
Gender, Sexuality, and Linguistic Capital |
- ERes: Hall, "Lip Service on the Fantasy Lines"
- Davies (LWP 187-194)
Quiz 4
FO 4 due
Data analysis 1 due at the beginning of lecture Friday, May 1 |
Week 6: May 4-8
Language and Women's Places: The Multicultural Feminist Challenge |
- ERes: Scott, "Crossing Cultural Borders: 'Girl' and 'Look' as Markers of Identity in Black Women's Language Use"
- Mendoza-Denton (LWP 260-268)
Quiz 5
FO 5 due |
Week 7: May 11-15
The Invisible Man: Language and Masculinities |
- ERes: Kiesling, "Power and the Language of Men"
Quiz 6
FO 6 due |
Week 8: May 18-22
The Linguistic Production of Sexual Selves and Others |
- ERes: Land and Kitzinger, "Speaking as a Lesbian: Correcting the Heterosexist Presumption"
- Queen (LWP 289-295)
Quiz 7
FO 7 due |
Week 9: May 25-29
Gender Bending and Blending through Language |
NO CLASS MONDAY
NO SECTION MEETINGS THIS WEEK--work on your data analyses!
- ERes: Barrett, "Indexing Polyphonous Identity in the Speech of African American Drag Queens"
- Hall (LWP 171-178)
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Week 10: June 1-5
Resistant Gender and Sexual Styles |
- ERes: Bucholtz, "Geek the Girl: Language, Femininity, and Female Nerds"
Quiz 8 (includes material from Week 8 and Week 9)
FO 8 due
Data analysis 2 at the beginning of lecture Friday, June 5
All extra credit due at the beginning of lecture Friday, June 5
Final exam guidelines and study guide will be distributed in lecture Monday, June 1
Final exam Wednesday, June 10, 4-7 p.m. in Chemistry 1171 |