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Face-Threatening Acts across Binary and Nonbinary Gender Dynamics in Old Norse–Icelandic Literature

Eric Shane Bryan
Scandinavian Studies, June 2026, 98 (2) 1-30; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.98.2.1
Eric Shane Bryan
Eric Shane Bryan is a Professor of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His most recent book, Discourse in Old Norse Literature, was published in 2021 with Boydell & Brewer.
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vol. 98 no. 2 1-30
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https://doi.org/10.3368/sca.98.2.1
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  • Published online June 10, 2026.
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  1. Eric Shane Bryan (bryane{at}mst.edu) is a Professor of English and Technical Communication at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His most recent book, Discourse in Old Norse Literature, was published in 2021 with Boydell & Brewer.
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    • FTAs and Types of Face
    • Sources, Discourses, and Gender Identification
    • Face-Threatening Acts across Gender Binaries
    • FTAs across Binaries: General Tendencies
    • Quality, Social Identity, and Relational Face across Gender Binaries
    • Relational Face and Subcategories of Relationality
    • FTAs across Binary Gender Dynamics: Some Conclusions
    • FTAs across Nonbinary Gender Dynamics: Preliminary Considerations
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