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| Semester | spring semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Lorenza Mondada (lorenza.mondada@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This lecture aims at exploring and discussing the relations between gender and language, both within current theories in linguistics and the social sciences, and on the basis of empirical data. The starting point is the observation that despite much attempts to characterize the “language of women” or the differences between “gay and straight language”, there are no linguistic properties specifically indexing gender categories. Several theoretical models propose diverse ways of conceptualizing the relation between gender and language, considering not only formal linguistic features but also linguistic, sociolinguistic and interactional practices through which speakers elaborate and make recognizable their gender identity. The lecture presents these models and the controversies these models have engendered – in terms of essentialist vs constructivists visions of gender, based on theories of language that favor notions of difference, power, or performativity. The lecture also proposes different linguistic, discursive and interactional methodological approaches for the analysis of gendered practices, inspired by sociolinguistics, anthropological linguistics, and conversation analysis. Empirical data will be examined, documenting how gender is performed in everyday life, and how gender is treated in institutional settings – within texts and social interactions coming from a diversity of contexts, such as ordinary family settings, emergency calls, trial interrogations, drag king workshops, etc. Overall, the objective of the lecture is double: to reflect about how to conceptualize the relation between gender and language on the basis of current theoretical models, and to engage in empirical analyses of how gender is both manifested and recognized through linguistic practices. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Du système linguistique à la parole situèe: Contextes (Bachelor's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Du système linguistique à la parole situèe: Pratiques (Bachelor's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Nordic Philology) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft BA (Bachelor's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: English) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Italian Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Nordic Philology) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Spanish Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Slavic Studies) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: German Language and Literature) Modul: Interphilologie: Sprachwissenschaft MA (Master's degree subject: Latin Philology) Modul: Spécialisation en linguistique française (Master's degree subject: French Language and Literature) Modul: Sprache als System (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Sprache und Gesellschaft (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) Modul: Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Bachelor's degree subject: Gender Studies) Modul: Vertiefung Themenfelder der Geschlechterforschung (Master's degree subject: Gender Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Französische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft |