COURSE UNIT TITLE

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

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

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

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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes