Publications

Publication details [#1475]

Blakar, Rolv Mikkel. 1975. How sex roles are represented, reflected and conserved in the Norwegian language. Acta Sociologica 14 : 515–534.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

power | reality | sex

Language as a subject

Norwegian

Annotation

On the hypothesis that language is not a neutral tool, but in its conceptualization of reality represents the perspective and interest of the ones in power, exemplified by the case of sex-roles.

Reprints

Rommetveit, Ragnar and Rolv Mikkel Blakar. 1979. In Rommetveit, Ragnar and Rolv Mikkel Blakar, eds. Studies of language, thought and verbal communication. Academic Press. pp. 409–421.