LIGN 174 (SOCB 118A) – Gender and Language
in Society
Spring Quarter 2004
Tu & Thu, 2:00-3:20 p.m. HSS 1330
Instructor: Amalia Arvaniti
TA: Anya Luke-Killam
Reader: Neal Peters
Required
course book
Eckert, Penelope and
Sally McConnell-Ginet. 2003. Language and
Gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Any additional reading will be available on e-reserves.
Recommended
(for reference only)
Cameron,
Deborah. 1985. Feminism and linguistic
theory. London: Macmillan.
Cameron,
Deborah. 1995. Verbal Hygiene
(particularly chapter 5). London: Routledge.
Cameron,
Deborah & Jennifer Coates. 1988. Women
in their speech communities: New perspectives on language and sex. London:
Longman.
Chambers,
J. K. 1995. Sociolinguistic Theory
(particularly chapter 3). Oxford: Blackwell.
Coates,
Jennifer. 1993. Women, Men, and Language:
A Sociolinguistic Account of Sex Differences. London: Longman.
Graddol,
David & Joan Swann. 1989. Gender
Voices. Oxford: Blackwell.
Spade,
Z. Joan and Catherine G. Valentine. 2004. The
Kaleidoscope of Gender. Thomson Wadsworth. [for those more interested in
the social aspects of gender]
Tannen,
Deborah. 1992. You just don’t
understand: Men and women in conversation. Virago Press.
Wood,
T. Julia. 2003. Gendered Lives:
Communication, Gender and Culture. Thomson Wadsworth.
