Helen Sauntson
Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality: A Student Guide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22870792 |
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| Authors | Vander Viana (0000-0003-3079-4393, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 383-385 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-6001 • E-ISSN: 1477-450X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/amab019 |
| OpenAlex | W3157663340 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Sauntson’s (2020) latest book brilliantly summarizes its main objective in the title: it is a guide for students who are planning to undertake research in the field of language, gender, and sexuality. The approximately 200-page publication covers extensive ground in its 10 chapters. These chapters may be divided into four main parts dealing with theory, methods, empirical studies, and writing-up suggestions. As expected, the book first introduces readers to the main concepts in the field (e.g. sex, gender, and intersectionality). The overall aim of Chapter 1 is to pave the exploration of subsequent chapters by readers, especially student researchers for whom the book is written. The prose is overall clear to beginners, and this is actually one of the main strengths of this publication. However, it is important to stress that the accessible writing style does not mean that the content is compromised nor that it is lightly approached. Once...
Applied linguistics · Human sexuality · Language and gender · Linguistics · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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