Integrating Intersectionality in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research

Levon, Erez (2015). Integrating Intersectionality in Language, Gender, and Sexuality Research. Language and linguistics compass, 9(7), pp. 295-308. Wiley 10.1111/lnc3.12147

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In this paper, I argue for the need to integrate intersectionality theory more fully in language, gender, and sexuality research. I outline the basic principles of what an intersectional approach to identity and identity-linked speech entails, focusing particularly on the belief that an adequate description of lived experience, and hence social practice, requires us to consider the ways in which multiple systems of social categorization (e.g., gender and sexuality, race/ethnicity, social class, and place) intersect with one another in dynamic and mutually constitutive ways. I review research on the linguistic perception and production of gender and sexuality that has adopted an intersectional perspective to date and argue that while certain aspects of the theory have long had a foothold in work in this area, the field’s engagement with the full ramifications of intersectionality as an analytical framework has been partial. I conclude with suggestions about how to anchor a more comprehensive approach to intersectionality in sociolinguistic research.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Other Institutions > Walter Benjamin Kolleg (WBKolleg) > Center for the Study of Language and Society (CSLS)

UniBE Contributor:

Levon, Erez

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
400 Language
400 Language > 410 Linguistics

ISSN:

1749-818X

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Erez Levon

Date Deposited:

14 Jun 2021 11:49

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:47

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/lnc3.12147

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.152308

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/152308

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