English language power terms 2
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- Created on: 12-01-13 11:30
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- Language and power terms. 2
- Power asymmetry: marked difference in power status of indivuals in discourse
- Fairclough- Unequal encounter: (alternative term for asymmetrical) one speaker in text has more power
- Powerful participant: speaker with higher status in a given context, therefore able to impose a degree of power
- Less powerful participant: less status in context, so subject to contraints imposed by more powerful participant
- Constraints: ways in which powerful particpants may block or control contributions of less powerful participants e.g. interrupting
- Formulation: rewording of another's contribution by a powerful particpant to impose a certain meaning or understanding
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