Female Sociolinguists

[Kate Beeching]

Would you be interested in names of specialists of languages OTHER than English? I would be happy to suggest some French sociolinguists, for example (though most are white...)
Kate.
 
Dr. Kate Beeching
Principal Lecturer, Linguistics and French
Award Leader, MA in Translation by Distance Learning
Head, European Corpus Linguistics Unit (EuCLU)
University of the West of England, Bristol
Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1QY

Room: 4C16
Tel: 0117 32 82385
E-mail: Kate.Beeching at uwe.ac.uk
Home e-mail: KBeeching at aol.com


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From: International Gender and Language Association on behalf of Sunderland, Jane
Sent: Tue 24/05/2005 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: Female Sociolinguists



Could I add Joan Swann too

Jane

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[mailto:GALA-L at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG]On Behalf Of LINDA MCLOUGHLIN
Sent: 24 May 2005 13:19
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Subject: Re: Female Sociolinguists


Dear Emma,
It's difficult to comment without knowing which female sociolinguists
are included but I'd certainly hope to see Lesley Milroy and Janet
Holmes mentioned.
Best wishes,
Linda

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>>> e.moore at SHEF.AC.UK 24/05/2005 12:39:40 >>>
Dear All,

I'm currently reviewing a new sociolinguistic dictionary. The
dictionary
includes named entries of key academics (these include Labov, Hymes,
Bourdieu, for instance). The authors quite sensibly note that there is
a
preponderance of white, Anglophone, male academics in their entries
and
explain this as a consequence of the way in which academic disciplines
have developed. They go on to state that this situation is likely to
change over time.

Whilst I commend the fact that the authors note this at all, my feeling
is
that the situation is unlikely to change unless dictionaries such as
the
one I'm reviewing take a stand and introduce female, non-white
academics
into their representation of the canon. It's not like there aren't
excellent female and/or non-white researchers out there.

How do others feel about this? If you support my view, who would you
like
to see included?

Many thanks,
Emma.

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Dr Emma Moore
Lecturer in Sociolinguistics; Admissions Tutor
Department of English Language and Linguistics
University of Sheffield
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Sheffield
S10 2TN
UK

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