The expression of inequality in interaction : power, dominance, and status

The expression of inequality in interaction : power, dominance, and status / edited by Hanna Pishwa and Rainer Schulze.

The present paper aims to shed light on how social actors orient to sexual normativity in their talk. It relates normativity to (Foucauldian) notions of discourse and power, arguing that local linguistic negotiations of sexuality are generally shaped by a competition between dominant and marginalize...

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Other Authors: Pishwa, Hanna (Editor), Schulze, Rainer, 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; v. 248.
Subjects:
Discourse analysis > Social aspects.
Identity (Psychology)
Sociolinguistics.
sociolinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Discourse analysis > Social aspects
Sociolinguistics
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Table of Contents:
  • The Expression of Inequality in Interaction; Editorial page ; Title page ; LCC data; Table of contents; The expression of inequality in interaction. Power, dominance, and status: An introduction; The chapters; Part I: Focus on third persons; Part II: Focus on speaker/author; Acknowledgments; References; Part I. Focus on third persons; Representing inequality in language: Words as social categorizers of experience; 1. Introduction: Aim of the inquiry and key research questions ; 2. Language and "dominance", "inequality", "power" and "status."
  • 3. Corpus and method: Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches4. Findings: Quantitative and qualitative evidence; 5. Findings: Refining the collocational profile; 6. On the interaction of words, context and patterns or constructions; 7. Conclusion; References; Sexual network partners in Tanzania: Labels, power, and the systemic muting of women's health and id; 1. Background; 2. Method; 3. Results; 4. Discussion; 5. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; A "rape victim" by any other name: The effects of labels on individuals' rape-related perceptions; 1. Introduction.
  • 2. Synthesis of theories on social power and language3. Past research on the denotations, connotations, and self-conceptualizations as "rape victims" ver; 4. New research on perceptions of "rape victims" versus "rape survivors"; 5. Discussion; 6. Moving beyond the "victim" and "survivor" labels; 7. Conclusion; References; Unveiling the phantom of the "Islamic takeover": A critical, cognitive-linguistic analysis of the di; 1. Introduction; 2. Manipulating consent and the perpetuation of hegemonic ideologies; 3. Manipulating consent through metaphorical ICMs.
  • 4. Lifting the veil
  • Analysis/discussion of the findings5. Assimilating the world to the model: Constructing the desired facts; 6. Conclusion; References; Power eliciting elements at the semantic-pragmatic interface: Data from cyberbullying and virtual ch; 1. Introduction; 2. Power in the context of CB and VCA; 3. Convergence processes between real and virtual reality in an uncontrollable communication sphere; 4. Semantic aspects of power; 5. Discourse level: Context as a power-eliciting item; 6. Conclusion; References; Part II. Focus on speaker/author.
  • Powerless language: Hedges as cues for interpersonal functions1. Introduction; 2. Power; 3. Power/-lessness and language; 4. Linguistic cues for powerlessness; 5. Influence of powerless style; 6. Discussion; 7. Conclusions; References; A true authoritarian type: How fonts can facilitate positive opinions for powerful groups; 1. Introduction; 2. Psychological concepts; 3. Study 1; 4. Study 2; 5. Conclusion; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; We and I, and you and them: People, power and solidarity; 1. Introduction; 2. Political discourse in context; 3. Pronouns in context.

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