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Sexualities are perceived, constructed and represented in different ways in various languages and cultures. This volume addresses how people use various linguistic features to construct their sexual identities and relationships and how membership of specific social groups, based on sexual and lifestyle choices, may be signalled through language.

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Author:   H. Sauntson ,  Sakis Kyratzis
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2007 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.485kg
ISBN:  

9781403933270

ISBN 10:   1403933278
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   14 December 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Language, Sexualities and Desires; H.Saunston & S.Kyratzis Sex Talk: Language, Desire, Identity and Beyond; L.Morrish & W.Leap ""Everyone was convinced that we were closet fags"": The Role of Heterosexuality in the Construction of Hegemonic Masculinity; J.Coates ""This Sex Thing is such an Important Issue now"": Sex Talk and Identities in Three Groups of Adolescent Girls; P.Pichler The Semantics of Desire: Exploring Desire, Love and Sexuality Through Metaphor; S.Kyratzis Queering Language: A Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name Comes Out of the Closet; Y.Dröschel Education, Culture and the Construction of Sexual Identity: An Appraisal Analysis of Lesbian Coming Out Narratives; H.Sauntson The Transformed Gay Self: The Male Body and Its Scenic Presence as Sites of Gay Self-Enunciation; S.A.Grosse The Subversive Effect of the Signals of Erotic Text Patterning; M.Hoey Going 'Back to Basics': Moral Panics about Heterosexual Relationships; L.Litosseliti Women Like Us: Mediating and Contesting Identity in Lesbian Advice Literature; D.A.Chirrey Index"

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HELEN SAUNTSON is a Lecturer in English Language at the University of Birmingham, UK. Her main teaching and research interests are in the areas of discourse analysis, language, gender and sexuality and language in education. She has published work on classroom discourse and language and sexual identity. SAKIS KYRATZIS is a Senior Lecturer in English Language and Communication at Kingston University, London, UK. His main research interests lie in the intersection of semantics and pragmatics. His published work relates to functions of metaphors in political discourse and in everyday inter

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