Power Through Discourse (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780893913281)

This volume represents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of language and behavior in both formal public negotiation, as well as less formal communicative interaction settings. Its central theme is that language use plays a crucial role in the attainment and/or exercise of power. The notion of power, in this context, is seen as the measure of one's ability or inability to obtain or maintain personal objectives through discourse. The contributions focus specifically upon interaction between individual discourse strategies and the exercise of power.

Author: Leah Kedar
ISBN-10: 0893913286
ISBN-13: 9780893913281
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1987
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.33h x 6.30w x 0.60d