INTRODUCING QUALITATIVE METHODS provides a series of volumes which introduce
qualitative research to the student and beginning researcher. The approach is …

In Relationship Thinking, NJ Enfield outlines a framework for analyzing social interaction
and its linguistic, cultural, and cognitive underpinnings by focusing on human relationships …

Heterosexism has become a recognized social problem since the rise of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) activism in the 1970s. One of its manifestations is …

This exciting and engaging textbook introduces students to the psychology of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, trans and queer lives and experiences. It covers a broad range of topics including …

This introductory essay to the Discourse & Society special issue on Queer Linguistic
Approaches to Discourse discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the connection …

This article reviews two related approaches—conversation analysis (CA) and membership
categorization analysis (MCA)—to sketch a systematic framework for exposing how …

Research on language and gender encompasses a variety of methods and focuses on
many aspects of linguistic structure. This review traces the historical development of the …

BACKGROUND The proximate origins of CA are to be found in the work of Erving Goffman
and Harold Garfinkel. These two giants of American social theory essentially inaugurated …

Since the inception of the field of language and gender in the 1970s, a lot has been said and
written about the topic from a range of theoretical perspectives. Before that time, academic …

This article focuses on the ways in which heterosexuality is routinely deployed as a taken-for-
granted resource in ordinary interactions. Using the foundational data sets of conversation …