Language and Gender
This Web page gives recommendations of resources to use and the terms to search in them for topics related to language and gender (e.g. media images, women's language, men's language, inappropriate humor directed at males or females) Language Research Topics has links to pages with suggestions for other language topics.
Books, in call number ranges P 40, P 120
Search SAGE using:
- Communication Sex differences
- Language and Languages Sex differences
- English language gender
Search Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (print) using:
- sex differences
- sex discrimination in advertising
- sex discrimination in language
- sexist slurs
Search Business Periodicals Index (print) using:
- sex in advertising
- sex differences
- sexism in advertisements
- sexism in language
Search Education Index (print) using:
- sex discrimination in language
Search Academic Search Premier using:
- sexism in communication
- language and gender
- gender identity
- language
- interpersonal communication
- interpersonal communication sex differences
- sex differences and language
Search PsycINFO using:
- Human sex differences
- Interpersonal communication
- oral communication
- mass media
- verbal communication
- printed communications media
- communications media
Search Linguistics
& Language Behavior Abstracts using:
- language
- gender
Be sure to evaluate the sources you find. Use How to Evaluate Books and How to Evaluate Articles for suggestions of things to examine.
Note: CSU no longer subscribes to the indexes listed below, but the terms should work if your library has them:
Search ABI/Inform using:
- language and sexes
- communication and sexes
- sex roles
Search Periodical Abstracts using:
- language and sexes
- communication and sexes
- sex roles and communication