Language And power Flashcards
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Grice’s maxims
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- manner: avoid ambiguity obscurity and be brief and orderly
- quantity: be as informative as necessary. Don’t say too much or too little
- relevance: keep the point and be relevant to the current topic
- quality: be truthful and don’t say things that lack evidence
2
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Lakoff
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Politeness principle- don’t impose, give options and make your receiver feel good
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Face theory
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Levinson- positive face: when you feel valued, liked and appreciated by someone’s language
-negative face: you feel imposed on
FTA: face threatening act
4
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Deborah Tannen
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Political correctness
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Instrumental power
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Enforces authority and is imposed by laws and organisations
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Influential power
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Persuasion makes us want to behave in a certain way
7
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Giles Accomodation Theory
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Divergence and convergence
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Sinclair and Coulthard
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Came up with the Initiation, Response, Feedback. Teacher initiates (usually with a question) student responds and the teacher gives feedback (usually accompanied with praise)
