ENGL 340 - Language, Gender, and Sexuality

Description:
Introduction to relationships, in theory and in practice, among language, gender, and sexuality. Surveys the major theories of gender and language in linguistics; questions received notions of what gender is and how it and language are interconnected; and examines the relationship between language and sexuality as expressed in both sexual identity/orientation and sexual behaviors.

Typically Offered:
Alternating spring semesters

3 cr.