Lecturer in Linguistics

+44 (0)20 7882 8435
e.levon@qmul.ac.uk

Semester 2, 2009-10

Modules taught: LIN404 Introduction to Sociolinguistic
Variation; LIN042 Linguistics Research Project

Office hours: Tues, 1-2; Thurs 11-12

Research day (not contactable by email): Monday

Personal web site: http://webspace.qmul.ac.uk/elevon

Areas of Specialisation

Sociolinguistics; Prosodic Variation; Language Style; Language, Gender and Sexuality; Language and Nationalism; Sociolinguistic Methodologies; Israel/Palestine; the Middle East

Recent Publications

• Language and the politics of sexuality: Lesbians and gays in Israel. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming (2010).
• ‘Dimensions of style: Context, politics and motivation in gay Israeli speech.’ Journal of Sociolinguistics 13: 29–58, 2009.
• ‘Sexuality in context: Variation and the sociolinguistic perception of identity,’ Language in Society 36: 533–554, 2007.
• ‘Hearing “gay”: Prosody, interpretation and the affective judgments of men's speech,’ American Speech 81: 56–78, 2006.
• ‘Mosaic identity and style: Phonological variation among Reform American Jews,’ Journal of Sociolinguistics 10: 185–205, 2006.

Current Research Projects

Planning next research project that will examine the acquisition of Hebrew by British migrants in Israel.

Courses Taught

Language and Gender
Linguistics Research Project
Linguistics II
Research Methods in Linguistics

Courses Previously Taught

Bilingualism
Structure of English Vocabulary
Sex, Gender and Language
The Languages of America's Ethnic Minorities
Introduction to Linguistics