Sexism and Gender: Differences in Slang Terms in Icelandic and English as a Second Language

• Main Author: Sigríður Gyða Héðinsdóttir 1987-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Enska; Íslenska; Mállýskur; Kyn (málvísindi); Maður; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/18120

Research on gender inequality in language has been prominent since the structured study of sexism in language first received attention as the result of the feminist movement in the 60s and 70s. Since then, numerous studies have been conducted on the topic of language and gender. This thesis reports...