Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity

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.

Autorentext

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

Inhalt

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