Anthropology 2245F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sex Reassignment Surgery, Heteronormativity, Grammatical Gender
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Explain how language is used to construct gendered identities for self and others. Evaluate claims about the connections between language, gender, sexuality, and identity. Recognize the intersections of gender and age in linguistic practices. Cross-culturally 2-5 genders: india and pakistan: 3, bugis (indonesia): 5, indigenous (canada, usa): 3. Intersects with other characteristics: class, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, education, occupation, age. Grammatical gender: gender agreement subjects, objects and verbs, dog = chien (m) and chienne (f, morphology, him, her, them. Gender of speaker and other person: word choice, blouse = female, prosody, morphology, pragmatics, what you do with your words, chiropractor that talked to her like she was a guy (gendered topics) Marked vs. unmarked language: women are marked as apparently men are the norm. Gender-based language ideologies: how men are supposed to talk. Mr and mrs wonderful: underlying cultural assumptions, what makes it funny, when do you think these dolls were first mad, which sayings seem relevant/irrelevant today.