As English - Language and Power

Instrumental power:                                                     Influential power:
rules apply; obligation                                            relies on acceptance
&rules.                                                                   of power roles/status'

Often an overlap; instrumental power can be negotiated & influencial

Four main categories:

• Knowledge and ideas
• Positional - gained from higher status
• Practicle - physical actions, skills or servies
• Personal - personality or qualities

Context:

• Genre - what kind of text is it?
             - what form…