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Credit points: 16.7 points 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Jean Mulder.
Prerequisite: Students may take this unit without having done first year linguistics (in order to make the subject available to Women's Studies students). A series of special 'catch-up' tutorials for such students is held at the beginning of the semester.
Contact: Two lectures and a tutorial a week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students who complete this subject should be able to:
- identify and describe gender differences in language behaviour;
- demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between 'sexism in language', language and social divisions, and linguistic change.
Content:
A study of the differences between men's and womens' speech, the role of language in establishing and regulating gender divisions, and models for linguistic intervention and change.
Assessment:
Two assignments and one essay, totalling to 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 129)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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