Section B - Language and Power Flashcards
Who suggested the types of power?
Wareing
What are the 2 main types of power?
Instrumental Power
Influential Power
What are the 3 sub-types of power?
Social Power
Political Power
Personal Power
What is Instrumental Power?
Power that enforces authority and is imposed
What is Influential Power?
Persuasive power that makes us want to behave in a certain way
What are examples of Instrumental Power?
Law
Education
Business
Management
What are examples of Influential Power?
Advertising
Politics
Media
Culture
What is Political Power?
Power held by those working with the law
What is Personal Power?
Power as a result of occupation
What is Social Power?
Power as a result of membership of a group
What are examples of people with Political power?
Police
Judges
The Prime Minister
What are examples of people with Personal power?
Teachers
Solicitors
Doctors
Managers
What are examples of people with Social power?
Gang members
Club members
Group leaders
What type of prestige is associated with people with power?
Overt Prestige
What type of accent is associated with people with power?
Received Pronunciation
What linguistic features would you expect a person with power to use?
Vocatives
Challenges to face
Questions (starting adjacency pairs)
Imperatives
Field Specific Lexis (shows knowledge)
Formal Lexis and Register
Declaratives
Rhetoric devices
Pseudo-questions
Interruptions (simple/butting in)
What linguistic features would you expect a person without/with less power to use?
Mitigated directives
Interrogatives
Answer adjacency pairs
Smooth Speaker Switch/Overlap
High frequency lexis
Upwards convergence
Negative politeness
More politeness
Colloquialism/slang
Non-fluency features
Backchannel behaviour