A Meta-synthesis of Lavender Languages
Presenter Title/Affiliation
Georgetown University
Start Date
21-5-2021 10:30 AM
Event Name
Panel discussion
Panel Number
3
Panel Chair Name
Sean Nonnenmacher
Zoom URL to Join
https://ciis.zoom.us/j/99646871834
Zoom Meeting ID
996 4687 1834
Abstract
The Lavender languages and linguistics (Lavlang) conference is entering its 27th year, and in that time the field of lavender / LGBTQ+ linguistics and language studies has greatly grown and expanded over these years. However, since the start of the conference there have been only a few systematic examinations of the field and conference, most recently Baker’s corpus analysis (2014). Here, meta-synthesis was used to examine increasing body of qualitative work in Lavlang and introduce a new methodology to our field. Meta-synthesis is a systematic review and integration of findings of a field (Lachel et al, 2018), and has been used in various fields (Nursing, clinical psychology, medical research, and others), and is well suited methodological tool further research in LGBTQ+ language and linguistic topics
Research questions • What are major threads / themes within Lavender languages and linguistics • What impact has the conference had on the greater linguistics community • What are blind spots within the lavender languages and linguistics conference.
The abstracts from Lavlang were collected from the 2nd to 26th conference. Any abstracts which were unreadable or unrecoverable were excluded. Then each of the abstracts were coded and recorded in a coding book for their: author, institution, major themes, possible publication, and citation amount. Once the coding was complete, the themes were grouped together in natural categories; once the categories were established, a random selection of abstracts were then re-coded for reliability. These categories were then used to construct the major threads of lavlang, while additionally showing where blind spots exist. The impact of the conference, each abstract was tracked for whether it was published, where it was, and who has cited it, this will show the spread of ideas around our field and their propagation of the field into the larger language studies and linguistics fields.
It is hoped that the findings from this meta synthesis will help spur further research into under-examined aspects of the study of LGBTQ+ language / linguistics. As well as, demonstrating and illuminating contributions to the greater study of language which Lavlang has given to other fields.
Presenter Contact
jd1744@georgetown.edu
A Meta-synthesis of Lavender Languages
The Lavender languages and linguistics (Lavlang) conference is entering its 27th year, and in that time the field of lavender / LGBTQ+ linguistics and language studies has greatly grown and expanded over these years. However, since the start of the conference there have been only a few systematic examinations of the field and conference, most recently Baker’s corpus analysis (2014). Here, meta-synthesis was used to examine increasing body of qualitative work in Lavlang and introduce a new methodology to our field. Meta-synthesis is a systematic review and integration of findings of a field (Lachel et al, 2018), and has been used in various fields (Nursing, clinical psychology, medical research, and others), and is well suited methodological tool further research in LGBTQ+ language and linguistic topics
Research questions • What are major threads / themes within Lavender languages and linguistics • What impact has the conference had on the greater linguistics community • What are blind spots within the lavender languages and linguistics conference.
The abstracts from Lavlang were collected from the 2nd to 26th conference. Any abstracts which were unreadable or unrecoverable were excluded. Then each of the abstracts were coded and recorded in a coding book for their: author, institution, major themes, possible publication, and citation amount. Once the coding was complete, the themes were grouped together in natural categories; once the categories were established, a random selection of abstracts were then re-coded for reliability. These categories were then used to construct the major threads of lavlang, while additionally showing where blind spots exist. The impact of the conference, each abstract was tracked for whether it was published, where it was, and who has cited it, this will show the spread of ideas around our field and their propagation of the field into the larger language studies and linguistics fields.
It is hoped that the findings from this meta synthesis will help spur further research into under-examined aspects of the study of LGBTQ+ language / linguistics. As well as, demonstrating and illuminating contributions to the greater study of language which Lavlang has given to other fields.
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