Language and power summary

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  • Created on: 29-03-14 23:38
C N D E X N D D H S S G D Q S V S D T J O
C O X C E M K F T F E J E W U X I E M J Y
D Y W N P H S W R E C A C V P Y N O U H F
J T F E G G O O A V N O L I W V F N N I X
G I H G H M C O N R E V A A A U L T E K W
A L L R H T I N S C T I R T R W U I Q J C
J A G E Q U A G A M N K A M D O E C U Y I
F D N V N R L K C J E U T O C H N M A Y C
U O N N Q V G O T K S K I J O I T O L L K
G M L O X M R Q I T E U V U N G I D E K D
O C C C M X O Y O Q V H E B V M A A N Y J
V I P D U J U Q N F I J S T E Y L L C O Q
P M D R F U P J A R T Y E S R Y P I O L G
F E E A F O P X L B A E N S G X O T U M X
B T C W T D O S S C R T T F E J W Y N R M
D S D N K Q W D P L E S E B N R E Q T V J
X I D W G C E J E Y P C N K C L R S E Q O
S P M O F L R O E N M A C T E G E Y R A V
Q E R D U P G C C D I B E Q W P X H P O U
N X P V T A I S H Y Q K S D X J I V I U D
M N X K G A F F R J P K F K L J R R X X P

Clues

  • A power relationship when one participant is more powerful than another (7, 9)
  • Modal auxilary verbs e.g. "must" which express degrees of necessity and obligation (7, 8)
  • Modal auxilary verbs that clarify any degrees of possibility (9, 8)
  • Power held as a result of social variables (6, 5, 5)
  • Power used to influence/persuade (11, 5)
  • Sentences that form commands/orders (10, 9)
  • Sentences that make a statement (11, 9)
  • Speech that has the aim of getting something done (13, 6)
  • When someone elevates their register or language in order to impress (6, 11)
  • When someone tones down their RP accent to fit in with the speech of more working class people (8, 11)

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