COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENDER AND FEMINIST LINGUISTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KDN 6009 GENDER AND FEMINIST LINGUISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Women's and Family Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM SONGÜL ERCAN

Offered to

Women's and Family Studies

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to exhibit the explicit and/or implicit relationships between language and gender; challenge sterotypical gender roles which are expressed and sustained by language in the society within the feminist linguistics framework and have the learners to build up a critical view on the issue and gain insight to conduct research, analyse and discuss their findings

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To point out the relationship between language and gender in general,
2   To explain feminist theory, different approaches to the relationship between gender and language and basic terms briefly
3   To explain explicit and/or implicit gender roles in language using the prespective of feminist linguistics
4   To question the relationship between language, gender, society, and culture within the prespective of feminist linguistics
5   To question the sexist stereotypes in Turkish society and culture within the prespective of feminist linguistics
6   To make research on explicit and/or implicit gender ideology in different genres within the prespective of feminist linguistics and write a paper on it.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The relationship between language and gender
2 Feminist waves and sexism in language
3 Feminist linguistics: feminist approaches to the relationship between language and gender (1)
4 Feminist linguistics: feminist approaches to the relationship between language and gender (2)
5 The relationship between society, culture and gender ideology: stereotypes and metaphors
6 The relationship between society, culture and gender ideology: idioms and proverbs
7 The relationship between society, culture and gender ideology: implicit gender and sexism
8 Midterm Exam
9 Awareness on the relationship between language and gender: changes in languages
10 The effects of some factors such as status, power and age on the relationship between language and gender
11 The relationship between language and gender and different institutions
12 The feminist linguistic research on language and gender (1)
13 The feminist linguistic research on language and gender (2)
14 Presentation of the assignments

Recomended or Required Reading

Christie, C. (2000). Gender and Language: Towards a Feminist Pragmatics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Coates, J. (1988). Women, Men and Language. London: Longman.
Eckert, P. ve Mc Connell-Ginnet, S. (2003). Language and Gender. Cambridge: CUP.
Ehrlich, S., Meyerhoff, M., & Holmes, J. (Eds.). (1991). The handbook of language, gender, and sexuality. John Wiley & Sons.
Ercan, G., & Can, Ö. (2015). Deyimlerin Edimbilimsel Olarak Ulamlaştırılmasına Ilişkin Bir Öneri: Türkçede erkek e gönderimde bulunan deyimler örneği. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 26(1), 63-83.
Goddard, A. ve Patterson, L. M. (2000). Language and Gender. London: Routledge
Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and Woman s Place. New York: Harper and Row.
Litosseliti, L. (2014). Gender and language theory and practice. Routledge.
Litoselliti, L. ve Sanderland, J. (2002) Gender Identity and Discourse. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Sunderland, J. (2006). Language and Gender. London: Rotledge.
Ercan, G.S. ve Yağcıoğlu, S. (2007). Gazete köşe yazılarında kaçınma kullanımı ve cinsiyet ilişkisi. Dilbilim Araştırmaları, s. 1-16. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
Braun, F. (2001). The Communication of Gender in Turkish. (içinde) Hellinger, M. ve Busmann, H. (haz.) Gender Accross Languages. ss. 283-310. Amsterdam/Philadelpia: John Benjamins.
Bucholtz, M. (2004). Language and Woman s Place: Text and Commentaries. Oxford: OUP.
Yertutan, S. ve Ercan, G. S. (2020). Türk Yeraltı Edebiyatında Kabalık ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Ilişkisi. Dilbilimde Güncel Tartışmalar, Tercan Matbaacılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture and discussion
2- Question and answer,
3- Weekly readings
4- Assignments
5- Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes are assessed by midterm exam, final exam, presentations and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students are obligated to participate 70% of the lectures
2. All kinds of plagiarism and attempts of plagiarism will be graded by 0 zero.
3. Students are expected to read the materials before the lecture and participate the class discussions.
4. Students are expected to make presentations about the topics assigned by the lecturer.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Deu Faculty of Letters C/ Block Office No:153
+90 232.30108632 songul.ercan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday and Wednesday 12.00 pm-13.00 pm.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 7 7
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Individual homework preperation (CBIKO Talent Gate) 2 10 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 173

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.14
LO.25
LO.35533
LO.45543
LO.5553
LO.65555355