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NEWS AND PROGRESS 2004
gogur eru dømir um orð við høgum og lág-
um kynsvirði. Innsavnaða tilfarið av døm-
um vísir greiddliga, at kallkynssniðið er
langt í frá at vera kynsómarkað. Menn fata
kallkynssniðið yvirhøvur sum kynsmark-
að, tvs. at tá menn brúka kallkyn sipar snið-
ið til menn/kallkyn. Hetta er kanska tað
mest yvirraskandi og skelkandi úrslitið, ið
ritgerðin ber fram. Bert eini 30% av kvinn-
unum kenna seg aftur í kallkynssniðinum.
Greiningin vísur sostatt framsetningin hjá
Málnevndini aftur, at kallkynssniðið er
kynsómarkað og tí fellur natúrliga.
Lyklaorð: Føroyskt, mál og kyn, kallkyn í
føroyskum, purisma, málpolitikkur, kall-
kynsvirðið, mansdominerað, kallkyn sum
kynsómarkað.
© Kirsti Dee Hansen 2003
Distribution:
Institutionen for svenska spráket, Box 200,
SE-405 30 Góteborg
pirical study pointed towards the conclu-
sion that the greater degree of gender neu-
trality a professional title had, the lower its
position was and the opposite was also
true; the higher the male dominance, the
higher the word was; priest and pedagogue
can be used as examples of words with high
and low positions, respectively. Examples
such as these clearly show that the mascu-
line form is anything but gender neutral.
Most people associate the masculine with
men, i.e. when one uses masculine forms,
women are by and large not included. This
is perhaps the most surprising and shock-
ing result of my study. On the other hand,
about 30 % of women consider themselves
involved. Anyway the analysis rejects any
suggestion that the form has a natural neu-
trality.
Key words: Faroese, language and gender,
the masculine in Faroese, purism, language
policy, masculine values, masculine domi-
nance, masculine as a neutral form.
© Kirsti Dee Hansen 2003
Distribution:
Institutionen fór svenska spráket
Box 200; SE-405 30 GÓTEBORG
Reprocentralen Humanisten 2003
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