English Language Power Theorists Quiz 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage and powerA2/A-levelAQA Created by: cwilliamson29Created on: 31-03-14 12:30 Instrumental power is... where the writer/speaker actually has power due to their position 1 of 7 Who said "language can be 'face saving' or 'face threatening'" Goffman 2 of 7 Labov's research highlighted the issue of convergence- what is this? Changing our speech style to fit in with a certain group 3 of 7 What did Giles's 'matched guise' experiment find? An RP accent was found to be rated with higher intelligence and authority 4 of 7 What is 'synthetic personalisation'? The way in which advertising uses personalised language such as "you" to construct a relationship 5 of 7 If you were the submissive talker in a conversation, what would you be according to Fairclough? The non-powerful participant 6 of 7 What did Brown and Levison define as a 'face threatening act'? an act that damages the face of the addressee or the speaker by acting in opposition to the wants and desires of the other. 7 of 7
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