Teasing apart to bring together: Gender and sexuality in variationist research

Levon, Erez (2011). Teasing apart to bring together: Gender and sexuality in variationist research. American speech, 86(1), pp. 69-84. Duke University Press 10.1215/00031283-1277519

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Sociolinguistics has long recognized the crucial interconnection between gender and sexuality. This article situates sociolinguists’ concern with this topic within a larger discussion of intersectionality as a framework for theorizing identity. It argues that variationist methods provide a mechanism for redressing certain shortcomings of intersectional analysis that have been highlighted by scholars in other disciplines. To illustrate these points, pitch variation is analyzed among a cohort of Israeli lesbians. The author demonstrates how, despite the fact that gender and sexuality are tightly imbricated in the Israeli context, some speakers linguistically attend to these constructs in identifiably distinct ways. It closes by suggesting implications of this argument for the intersectional project more broadly.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original 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
400 Language > 490 Other languages

ISSN:

1527-2133

Publisher:

Duke University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Erez Levon

Date Deposited:

14 Jun 2021 08:32

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:47

Publisher DOI:

10.1215/00031283-1277519

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.152321

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/152321

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