This subtopic explores the relationship between language and gender, examining how individuals use language to construct and perform gender identities. It analyses theoretical frameworks from sociolinguistics, including deficit, dominance, difference, and social constructionist models, and applies them to a range of spoken and written data. Students will investigate how gender intersects with other social variables in language use, preparing them for the analysis of language diversity in the wider topic.
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