This textbook provides a concise and lively introduction to language, gender and sexuality. Aimed at students with no background in linguistics and featuring suggestions for further reading, study questions, and projects, this book is essential reading for anyone studying language, gender and sexuality for the first time.

Scott F. Kiesling is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Notation and transcription

1. More than talking difference

2. Studying language

3. What are gender and sexuality?: A short introduction to a very big topic

4. How we got here: A brief history of the study of language, gender, and sexuality

5. Linguistic categorization and gender categories

6. Interaction, identity, and performativity

7. Linguistic norms as gender norms

8. Putting it all together: Gender, sexuality, and language infuse life and society

Index