Language and Sexuality

Language and Sexuality

Linguistics

"Drawing on a wide range of examples, from personal ads to phone sex, from sadomasochistic scenes to sexual assault trials, the book provides a clear introduction to the relationship between language and sexuality. Using a broad definition of sexuality, the book encompasses not only issues surrounding sexual orientation and identity -- for instance whether gay men and lesbians use language differently from straight people -- but also questions about the discursive construction of sexuality and the verbal expression of erotic desire."

Deborah Cameron

Don Kulick

Cambridge University Press

2006

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