COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANGUAGE AND GENDER

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4069 LANGUAGE AND GENDER ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZGÜN KOŞANER

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to have the students discover the relation between language and gender, question the stereotypical gender roles expressed and maintained through language and improve their awareness on how gender is encoded in language morphologically, semantically and/or pragmatically.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   the student is expected to be able to indicate the difference between language and culture
2   the student is expected to be able to explain how gender is constructed in language with examples
3   the student is expected to be able to discuss the relation between language and gender roles
4   the student is expected to be able to identify stereotypical gender roles in visual and written texts
5   the student is expected to be able to question the relation between society-language-gender
6   the student is expected to be able to specify the basic concepts required in order to explain the relation between language and gender

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to language and gender: differences between sex-gender, man-male-masculine, woman-female-feminine
2 The relation between language and thought (Sapir- Whorf Hypothesis)
3 Antropomorphism
4 Making up gender: denotative and connotative meanings; euphemism
5 Socialization, social knowledge, social roles and identity
6 Stereotying and marking
7 The relation between cognition and language
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Cognitive models, schemas and frames
10 Constructing categories and ideology
11 Prototypes and stereotypes
12 Political (in)correctness
13 Reforming language to represent both gender groups: liberal and radical approaches
14 Gender and speech styles; folklinguistics
15 General Review
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Coates, J. (1988). Women, Men and Language. London: Longman.
2- Goddard, A. ve Patterson, L. M. (2000). Language and Gender. London: Routledge
3- König, G. Ç. (1992). Dil ve Cinsiyet: Kadın ve Erkeklerin Dil Kullanımı. Dilbilim Araştırmaları, s.25-35. Ankara: Hitit Yayıncılık.
4- Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and Woman's Place. New York: Harper and Row.
5- Braun, F. (2001). The communication of gender in Turkish. Gender across languages, 1, 283-310.
6- Ercan, G. S., & Yağcıoğlu, S. (2007). Gazete köşe yazılarında kaçınma kullanımı ve cinsiyet ilişkisi. Dilbilim Araştırmaları, 1-16
7- Litosseliti, L. (2014). Gender and language theory and practice. Routledge.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture
2- Presentation
3- Question and answer
4- Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1-6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. 70% class attendance is obligatory.
2. Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

songul.ercan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 1 19 19
Preparation for final exam 1 19 19
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555
LO.6555

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