Power in family discourse

by Watts, Richard J.

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Full title :Power in family discourse / by Richard J. Watts.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1991.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Mouton de Gruyter
Place of Publication:Berlin
Language:eng
Publication Date:1991.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 299 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:3110132281, 9783110132281
oclc:ocm24872372
LC Classification:HQ515
Dewey Decimal:306.87

Ch. 1. Introduction. 1. Language and power. 2. Investigating power in a close-knit group. 3. Latent and emergent networks. 4. Interventions as interruptions in discourse. 5. The structure of the book. 6. The data and the participants. 6.1. The data. 6.2. The participants -- Ch. 2. Towards a dynamic model of discourse. 1. Introductory. 2. A modular approach to discourse structure. 2.1. The exchange structure. 2.2. Action structure. 2.3. Ideational structure. 2.4. The participation framework. 2.5. The information state. 2.6. Levels or modules? 3. Turns and floors. 4. Turns as on-record "speakings" 5. The floor as participation space in the discourse. 6. Topics -- Ch. 3. Defining power. 1. Power as inherent to verbal interaction. 2. Self-image, status and dominance. 3. Definitions of power. 3.1. Power as the capacity to impose one's will. 3.2. The consensual view of power. 3.3. Power as a commodity and power as a discursive force. 3.4. Power as the capacity to achieve one's aims.

4. Defining the exercise of power -- Ch. 4. Intervention as interruption in social science research. 1. Preliminary remarks. 2. Interruption as a theoretical term. 3. Interruptions as simultaneous speech. 4…

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Communication dans la famille Communication in families Communication in the family Communication interpersonnelle Communication interpersonnelle chez l'e… Diskurs Englisch Familie Familienbeziehung Interaktion Interpersonal communication Konversationsanalyse Langue familière Macht Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Power (Social sciences) sociolinguistics Sociolinguistique