GaL

Gender & Language Research Group

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About GaL

History

The 'Gender and Language Research Group' (GaL), run in the department of Linguistics and Modern English language, Lancaster University, UK, has been in existence for 12 years. It started life as LAGIC ('Language andGender in the Classroom'), when it was based at the then Institute for English Language Education, Lancaster University. It then broadened out beyond the classroom (though the classroom is still a focus)..

Aims

GaL meets weekly during academic terms and its membership consists mainly of members of staff as well as postgraduate students who are working directly on aspects of gender and language, or whose work includes aspects of gender. Most GaL members come from within the Department, though not all, and the group is open to all members of the University. Our activities are varied. We read and discuss published academic research articles and chapters, discuss each others' work-in-progress, share research findings and ideas, and carry out group projects. These usually result in Conference presentations and publications, both in-house (Working Papers) and in refereed journals. We have also run Conferences e.g. the one-day 'Language and Gender' Conferences in 1997, and the April 2002 IGALA (International Language and Gender) Conference. We have also produced a bibliography of relevant articles and papers on language and gender issues, called the Gender and Genre Bibliography.

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Last update: January 25, 2009