LING 112G. Language and Gender (LCS)

How do linguistic features and behaviors contribute to the complex social construction of gender, by individuals or at a community level? This course will cover a range of topics relating to gender and linguistics, including the morphosyntax of grammatical gender, speech act theory, sociophonetic variation as a part of gender presentation, cross-linguistic comparisons of gender marking on pronouns, and more. Several subdisciplines of linguistics will be covered, including phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics.
Prerequisite: LING 001 , LING 025 , LING 040 , LING 043 , LING 045 or LING 050 or by instructor permission.
Social Sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for ESCH. GSST.
Fall 2023. Conrod.
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/linguistics

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