HNRS 10
Language and Gender: Introduction to Gender Differences and Stereotypes
Description: Seminar, four hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for College Honors students. Prior knowledge of any foreign language not required. Introduction to language from sociological perspective of gender. Use of research and examples primarily in English, Japanese, and Russian to explore nature of and stereotypes about male and female genderlects and gendered language, as reflected in lexicon, language behavior, phonetics and intonation, and language acquisition and linguistic change. P/NP or letter grading.
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