AJ22059 Sociolinguistics: Linguistic Aspects of Sexism in Modern English

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Aleš Launer (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Timetable
Fri 11:40–13:15 G32
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will focus on various linguistic means of avoiding gender bias in contemporary English. The theoretical part of the course will concern feminist critique of language, and the changes in society that lead toward the use of nonsexist language. In the practical part of the course, the student will analyse parts of the corpus based on two editions of the English Bible: Revised Standard Version (1952) and New Revised Standard Version (1990). This should reveal tendencies toward inclusive (i.e. nonsexist) language. The course will also provide guidelines to nonsexist language that will be practised, using various sample texts.
Syllabus
  • The course will focus on various linguistic means of avoiding gender bias in contemporary English. The theoretical part of the course will concern feminist critique of language, and the changes in society that lead toward the use of nonsexist language. In the practical part of the course, the student will analyse parts of the corpus based on two editions of the English Bible: Revised Standard Version (1952) and New Revised Standard Version (1990). This should reveal tendencies toward inclusive (i.e. nonsexist) language. The course will also provide guidelines to nonsexist language that will be practised, using various sample texts.
Literature
  • The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books : new revised standard version. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989, xxi, 284. ISBN 0195283805. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminar; Assessment: classwork, essay or corpus analysis.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si nemohou zapsat studenti Bc. studia AJ
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2000, Autumn 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2007.
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