Heiko Motschenbacher

Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity

Corpus-Based Evidence

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Produktbeschreibung

This book advances the theorization of normativity as a key concept in language and sexuality studies, bringing together some of the author's previous work with new material for a comprehensive exploration of the influence of normativity on the relationship between language and sexuality.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781032040226
• ISBN-10: 103204022X
• Artikelnr.: 69920281

Autorenporträt

Heiko Motschenbacher is Full Professor of English as a Second/Foreign Language at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Language, sexuality and the LIDISNO Project
Part 2: Theoretical and methodological considerations
Chapter 2: Language and normativity
Chapter 3: Sexual normativities
Chapter 4: A linguistic take on labeling theory
Chapter 5: Corpus linguistics in language and sexuality studies: Queer
linguistic challenges
Part 3: Case studies
Chapter 6: Sexual labels I: A co-occurrence analysis
Chapter 7: Sexual labels II: A collocational word-sketch analysis
Chapter 8: Discursive shifts associated with coming out: A keyword and
concordance analysis
Chapter 9: Language use before and after Stonewall: A historical corpus
analysis
Chapter 10: Metalinguistic comments in gay men's pre-Stonewall narratives:
A folk linguistic analysis
Chapter 11: Shedding light on sexual speech acts: A pragmatic analysis
Chapter 12: The desire-identity shift in language use: A semantically
driven corpus analysis
Part 4: Conclusion
Chapter 13: Extending the remit of labeling theory
Chapter 14: Non-heteronormative language guidelines