This paper examines grammatical gender from the sociolinguistic perspective. The question pursued is to what extent exponents of grammatical gender are tied indexically to identity categories. Building on literature and corpus data, I claim that within the Norwegian context, grammatical gender is associated with sociolinguistic dimensions such as the urban/rural distinction, political views, class, ethnicity. The traditional three-gender system is being replaced by a two-gender system in several dialects, resulting in the loss of the feminine gender. Indexical values associated with the feminine gender features are still valid, though, and some forms take on new pragmatic functions. Once grammatical gender is viewed through a sociolinguistic lens, with the agency of speakers being recognized, it becomes clear that it may not be fully understood without taking into account the context of interaction at a micro-level, and the sociohistorical characteristics of—for instance—regions with language contact at a macro-level.*

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死了，但不会躺下？挪威人的语法性别

本文从社会语言学的角度考察了语法性别。所追求的问题是语法性别的指数在多大程度上与身份类别索引相关。基于文献和语料库数据，我声称在挪威语境中，语法性别与诸如城乡区别、政治观点、阶级、种族等社会语言学维度相关。传统的三性系统在几种方言中被两性系统所取代，导致女性性别的丧失。不过，与女性性别特征相关的索引值仍然有效，并且某些形式具有新的实用功能。一旦通过社会语言学的视角看待语法性别，并认识到说话者的能动性，