Lal Zimman is a linguist who works on sociocultural linguistics, sociophonetics, language, gender and identity, and transgender linguistics.

Lal Zimman
NationalityAmerican
TitleAssociate Professor
AwardsRuth Benedict Prize
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisVoices in Transition: Testosterone, Transmasculinity, and the Gendered Voice among Female-to-Male Transgender People
Doctoral advisorKira Hall
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
Sub-disciplineTransgender linguistics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, sociophonetics[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Stanford University, Reed College
WebsitePersonal Website, UCSB department webpage

Education

Zimman received his BA in Philosophy and MA in English with a Linguistics concentration from San Francisco State University. He received his PhD in linguistics from University of Colorado at Boulder in 2012 where he worked under Kira Hall.[2] His dissertation, Voices in Transition: Testosterone, Transmasculinity, and the Gendered Voice among Female-to-Male Transgender People, used both ethnographic and sociophonetic methods to explore the effects of hormone therapy on the voices of trans men.[3]

Career

Zimman's work has been influential in developing the field of trans linguistics.[4][5] He has been widely recognized for his work on inclusive language reform and activism,[6][7][8] the relationship between the body, biological sex, and the voice,[9][10] and pronouns and singular they.[11][12]

Zimman is currently assistant professor of Linguistics & Affiliated Faculty in Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. He is also General Editor for Studies in Language, Gender, and Sexuality for Oxford University Press.[1]

In 2014, Zimman published a co-edited volume, Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality (published by Oxford University Press), which won the Association for Queer Anthropology's Ruth Benedict Prize.[13]

He has taught several classes on Sociocultural Linguistics, Language, Gender & Sexuality, and Sociophonetics.[1] He has been interviewed for programs such as The Vocal Fries podcast.[10]

Personal life

Zimman was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zimman is transgender and uses he or they pronouns.[14]

Selected publications

  • Zimman, Lal (2019). Trans self-identification and the language of neoliberal selfhood: Agency, power, and the limits of monologic discourse. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 256(1):147-175.
  • Zimman, Lal (2018). Pronouns and possibilities: Transgender language activism and reform. In Netta Avineri, Robin Conley, Laura R. Graham, Eric Johnson & Jonathan Rosa (Eds.), Language and Social Justice: Case Studies on Communication & the Creation of Just Societies. New York: Routledge. 176–183.
  • Zimman, Lal (2018) Transgender voices: Insights on identity, embodiment, and the gender of the voice. Language and Linguistics Compass 12(7):e12284.
  • Zimman, Lal (2018) Working with Transgender Communities. In Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, & Gerard Van Herk (Eds.), Data Collection in Sociolinguistics: Methods and Applications. New York: Routledge. 49–52.
  • Zimman, Lal (2014). The discursive construction of sex: Remaking and reclaiming the gendered body in talk about genitals among trans men. In Lal Zimman, Joshua Raclaw, and Jenny Davis (eds.), Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality. Oxford University Press. 13–34.
  • Davis, Jenny, Lal Zimman, and Joshua Raclaw (2014). Opposites attract: Retheorizing binaries in language, gender, and sexuality. In Lal Zimman, Jenny Davis, & Joshua Raclaw (Eds.), Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality. Oxford University Press. 1–12.
  • Edelman, Elijah & Lal Zimman (2014). Boycunts and bonus holes: Discourse about transmasculine bodies and the sexual productivity of genitals. Journal of Homosexuality 61(5):673-690. Special issue on Trans Sexualities, edited by Carla A. Pfeffer.
  • Zimman, Lal (2013). Hegemonic masculinity and the variability of gay-sounding speech: The perceived sexuality of transgender men. Journal of Language & Sexuality2(1):1-39.
  • Zimman, Lal & Kira Hall (2009). Language, embodiment, and the "third sex". In Dominic Watt and Carmen Llamas (eds.), Language and Identities. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 166–178.
  • Zimman, Lal (2009). "The other kind of coming out": Transgender people and the coming out narrative genre. Gender and Language 3(1):53-80.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lal Zimman | Department of Linguistics - UC Santa Barbara". www.linguistics.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Lal Zimman". lalzimman.org. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  3. ↑ Zimman, Lal (2016), "Sociolinguistic Agency and the Gendered Voice: Metalinguistic Negotiations of Vocal Masculinization among Female-to-Male Transgender Speakers", Awareness and Control in Sociolinguistic Research, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 253–277, doi:10.1017/cbo9781139680448.013, ISBN 9781139680448, retrieved 2022-06-04
  4. ↑ Zimman, Lal (2020-09-02), "Transgender Language, Transgender Moment: Toward a Trans Linguistics", The Oxford Handbook of Language and Sexuality, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190212926.013.45, ISBN 978-0-19-021292-6, retrieved 2022-06-04
  5. ↑ Zimman, Lal (2021-10-06). "Beyond the cis gays' cis gaze". Gender and Language. 15 (3). doi:10.1558/genl.20883. ISSN 1747-633X. S2CID 240256058.
  6. ↑ "Facebook, the gender binary, and third-person pronouns". OUPblog. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  7. ↑ Harrison, Olivia. "Our Partners, Ourselves: Why Is It So Hard To Know What To Call A Significant Other?". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  8. ↑ Zimman, Lal (2018), "Pronouns and Possibilities: Transgender Language Activism and Reform", Language and Social Justice in Practice, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781315115702-23, ISBN 978-1-315-11570-2, S2CID 187627389, retrieved 2022-06-04
  9. ↑ "Pronunciation of 's' sounds impacts perception of gender, researcher finds". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  10. 1 2 "The Vocal Fries – Lal-apalooza – 58:57". radiopublic.com. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  11. ↑ "He, she, they … should we now clarify our preferred pronouns when we say hello?". the Guardian. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  12. ↑ McCurdy, Christen. "Are Gender-Neutral Pronouns Actually Doomed?". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  13. ↑ "Congratulations to Lal Zimman, Jenny L. Davis, and Joshua Raclaw, winners of the 2014 Ruth Benedict Book Prize for Queer Excursions" (PDF). University of Illinois American Indian Studies. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  14. ↑ "Lal Zimman". lalzimman.org. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
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