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.

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Description:1 online resource (316 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783110854787, 3110854783
oclc:ocn975242199
LC Classification:HQ515
Dewey Decimal:306.87

Chapter One: 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 -- Chapter Two: 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 -- Chapter Three: 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 -- Chapter Four: Intervention as interruption in social science research -- 1. Preliminary remarks -- 2. In…

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Communication dans la famille Communication in families Communication interpersonnelle Interpersonal communication Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) Power (Social sciences) sociolinguistics Sociolinguistique