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Publication details [#27731]

Henley, Nancy M., Michelle D. Miller and Jo Anne Beazley. 1995. Syntax, semantics, and sexual violence: Agency and the passive voice. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 14 (1/2) : 60–84.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
agency | conflict | gender | passive construction | sex
Place, Publisher
Sage Periodical Press
ISBN
0261-927X
Journal WWW
www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study shows a greater reader acceptance of violence against women when media reports use the passive voice.