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Seminar: 10-76-6-D2b-02 Key Topics in Linguistics: Gender‐friendly language - Details

Seminar: 10-76-6-D2b-02 Key Topics in Linguistics: Gender‐friendly language - Details

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Course name Seminar: 10-76-6-D2b-02 Key Topics in Linguistics: Gender‐friendly language
Subtitle
Course number 10-76-6-D2b-02
Semester SoSe 2025
Current number of participants 31
maximum number of participants 25
Entries on waiting list 4
Home institute Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Teaching
First date Thursday, 10.04.2025 14:15 - 15:45, Room: SuUB 4330 (Studio I Medienraum )
Type/Form
Englischsprachige Veranstaltung Ja

Module assignments

Comment/Description

In Germany, “Gendern” is a hotly debated topic. Everyone has an opinion about it. As a linguist, could you convince your discussion partner with a good argument for or against the necessity to use gender-friendly language? In this class, we will study different attitudes and perspectives on this matter, and you will find your own view on this topic, and learn to defend it. How much do you want to include the gender aspect in your way of speaking and writing, and how can you do this in an elegant way?
We will investigate the differences in the English and German language systems (and any other language spoken by the students in class) when it comes to reference to people of all kind of genders. There will be reading to do, discussions and practical tasks to analyse or re-write discourse. All genders and opinions are welcome.

Studienleistung for D1 or D2 modules: submission of three assignments
Prüfungsleistung for D1 or D2 modules: submission of three assignments and 10-page term paper

Literature recommendation (no need to buy any)
Angouri, Jo & Judith Baxter (eds.). 2021. The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality. Routledge.
Montell, Amanda. Wordslut. A feminist guide to taking back the English language. Harper Wave, 2019.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Limited number of participants: Key Topics in Linguistics: Gender‐friendly language".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.

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After enrolment, participants will manually be selected.

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