2020
DOI: 10.1558/sols.37005
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Coming out and normative shifts

Abstract: This study seeks to shed light on discursive shifts in sexuality-related normativity that are associated with coming out. Subscribing to a queer linguistically informed type of critical discourse studies, it investigates the usage patterns of two labels that are commonly used to denote same-sex sexualities: gay and homosexual. The meanings and usages of these forms are first discussed more generally, based on evidence from an earlier study on a major English reference corpus. The analytical part studies the us… Show more

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“…The project uses corpus linguistic methods to study the effects of three normative shifts on the discursive construction of sexuality. While other parts of the project concentrate on the discursive consequences of coming out (Motschenbacher, 2019a, in press) and of the desire-identity shift in the conceptualization of sexuality, the present study focuses on how the development of a publicly visible gay liberation movement, for which Stonewall constitutes a central event, has impacted language use. Such historical investigations of the relationship between language and sexuality possess queer potential because they highlight the relativity of the conceptualization of sexuality across time periods and thus help question the notion of sexuality (and, connected to it, sex) as a natural, biological and stable phenomenon (see Leap, 2015 and Motschenbacher, 2010 on queer linguistics, and Leap, 2020 on the historical investigation of language and sexuality).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The project uses corpus linguistic methods to study the effects of three normative shifts on the discursive construction of sexuality. While other parts of the project concentrate on the discursive consequences of coming out (Motschenbacher, 2019a, in press) and of the desire-identity shift in the conceptualization of sexuality, the present study focuses on how the development of a publicly visible gay liberation movement, for which Stonewall constitutes a central event, has impacted language use. Such historical investigations of the relationship between language and sexuality possess queer potential because they highlight the relativity of the conceptualization of sexuality across time periods and thus help question the notion of sexuality (and, connected to it, sex) as a natural, biological and stable phenomenon (see Leap, 2015 and Motschenbacher, 2010 on queer linguistics, and Leap, 2020 on the historical investigation of language and sexuality).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%