Female Sociolinguists

[Laurence Horn]

At 8:15 AM -0400 5/24/05, Kathryn Remlinger wrote:
>I agree with you about the lack of representation of women in
>sociolingusitics references (textbooks, videos, etc as well). Better
>representation could also help encourage female students to study
>linguistics.
>
>A possible list of women to include: Victoria Fromkin, Penny Eckert,
>Geneva Smitherman, Mary Bucholz, Sally McConnell-Ginet, Deborah
>Cameron, Robin Lakoff, Jennifer Coates, Deborah Tannen, Natalie
>Schilling-Estes, Norma Mendoza-Denton, Carmen Fought, Jenny
>Cheshire, Ruth King, Lesley Milroy, Gillian Sankoff...
>

...Suzanne Romaine,...

(I believe Bourdieu is Francophone, although still white and male)

Larry

>  >>> e.moore at SHEF.AC.UK 05/24/05 7:39 AM >>>
>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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