Helen Sauntson is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at York St John University, UK. Her research areas are language in education and language, gender and sexuality. She has published a range of books, chapters and journal articles in these areas and is co-editor of the Palgrave Studies in Language, Gender and Sexuality book series.

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 - What Questions Might A Linguist Ask about Language, Gender and Sexuality?

Chapter 2 - Theorising Gender and Sexuality: Feminism, Queer Theory and Performativity

Chapter 3 - What Does It Mean To Do Research in Language, Gender and Sexuality?

Chapter 4 - An Overview of Analytical Frameworks

Chapter 5 - Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Private and Public Contexts

Chapter 6 - Researching Linguistic Representations of Gender and Sexuality in the Media

Chapter 7 - Researching Language, Gender and Sexuality in Forensic Contexts

Chapter 8 - Breaking the Binary: Investigating Transgender, Gender Variance and Language

Chapter 9 - Researching Gender- and Sexuality-based Discriminatory Language

Chapter 10 - Writing Up, Drawing Conclusions and Sharing Your Research

Appendix

References

Index