Language and Power (Wareing)

WAREING (1999)

• POLITICAL(politicians, police, legal workers, workers who are backed by law)
• PERSONAL(power by occupations or roles I.e. teachers over students, head teachers over teachers)
• SOCIAL GROUP(social variables I.e. age, class, race. Common of white A-C men to hold power)

Examples.

Political - police interview, court case, hitler

Personal - school report, firing/hiring employees, dentist

Social Group - The Queen, Martin Luther king

Types of Power:

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