1st Edition

Linguistic Dimensions of Sexual Normativity Corpus-Based Evidence

By Heiko Motschenbacher Copyright 2022
294 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. The first section of the book outlines fundamental areas of inquiry in language and sexuality studies... Read more

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

Biography

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