<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper aims at raising female students’ awareness about sexism in language and designing and applying sociocultural linguistic interventions in Qatar. Contributing to the nascent feminist research tradition in this relatively new and rapidly up-and-coming country, it presents a tangible pedagogical proposal from the context of tertiary education. At the same time, in terms of its contribution to gender-related sociolinguistic theory this project can be seen as an attempt to offer a suggestion on how to theorise the positionality of sociolinguistic professionals in relation to issues and contexts they address.</p></abstract>

The paper aims at raising female students’ awareness about sexism in language and designing and applying sociocultural linguistic interventions in Qatar. Contributing to the nascent feminist research tradition in this relatively new and rapidly up-and-coming country, it presents a tangible pedagogical proposal from the context of tertiary education. At the same time, in terms of its contribution to gender-related sociolinguistic theory this project can be seen as an attempt to offer a suggestion on how to theorise the positionality of sociolinguistic professionals in relation to issues and contexts they address.

Impact of Undergraduate Language and Gender Research: Challenges and Reflections in the Context of Qatar

Department of English Literature and Linguistics

Gender Studies

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The paper aims at raising female students’ awareness about sexism in language and designing and applying sociocultural linguistic interventions in Qatar....

Impact of Undergraduate Language and Gender Research: Challenges and Reflections in the Context of Qatar

Published Online: Mar 13, 2018

Page range: 71 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0007

Keywords
empowerment, feminism, impact, Qatar, representation, sexism

© 2018 Irene Theodoropoulou, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Impact of Undergraduate Language and Gender Research: Challenges and Reflections in the Context of Qatar

Published Online: Mar 13, 2018

Page range: 71 - 86

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2018-0007

Keywordsempowerment, feminism, impact, Qatar, representation, sexism

© 2018 Irene Theodoropoulou, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
empowerment, feminism, impact, Qatar, representation, sexism