POLITICAL LANGUAGE Language is the life blood of politics. Political power struggles‚ and the legitimisation of political policies and authorities occurs primarily through discourse and verbal representations. Power can either be exercised through coercion or what US commentator Walter Lippman termed in the 1930s the manufacture of consent. Largely unable‚ and hopefully unwilling‚ to coerce; political authorities in so called democratic polities often need to manufacture consent in order to
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aimed at creating change or changing an opinion that their audience holds. Despite all these similarities‚ there are some distinct differences between the two concepts. The main difference is how they choose to address their audience. As seen in the Foucault reading‚ parrhesia is described to work by "the parrhesiastes acts on other people’s mind by showing them as directly as possible what he actually believes"
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Perspectives on politeness. Journal of Pragmatics‚ 14‚ 219-236. Fraser‚ B.‚ & Nolen‚ W. (1981). The association of difference in linguistic form. International Journal of Sociology of Language‚ 27‚ 93-109. Goffman‚ E. (1955). On facework: An analysis of ritual elements in social interaction. Goffman‚ E. (1967). Interaction ritual: Essays on face to face behavior. New York: Garden City. Grice‚ H. P. (1967[1975]). Logic and conversation. In P. Cole & J. Morgan (Eds.)‚ Syntax and semantics III: Speech
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Breaching Experiment: The Human Response to the Invasion of Personal Space Have you ever been to a wedding and just felt completely confused because one of the female guests decided she was going to wear a wedding gown of her own to someone else ’s wedding? Wouldn ’t it be weird if one day‚ you walked into one of your discussion classes to find that your cool‚ hip‚ macho male T.A. just all of a sudden decided that to put on make-up‚ wear fake rubber breasts‚ and dress like a female to teach his
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Redressive Language Politeness Strategy At our Group meeting in March‚ XYZ’s leadership team outlined our strategy to become the world’s leading international air cargo company. (line 2-3) Positive‚ Intensify interest to hearer This means we have to become a company that is easier for our customers to do business with and where it is easier for you to work. (line 4-5) Positive‚ Give reason We‚ our (line 4) Positive‚ Use in-group identity markers For all of XYZ’s many strengths as an organization
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Formalism and New Criticism “Formalism” is‚ as the name implies‚ an interpretive approach that emphasizes literary form and the study of literary devices within the text. The work of the Formalists had a general impact on later developments in “Structuralism” and other theories of narrative. “Formalism‚” like “Structuralism‚” sought to place the study of literature on a scientific basis through objective analysis of the motifs‚ devices‚ techniques‚ and other “functions” that comprise the literary
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Mr.Ball Sociology 101 February 10 Dramaturgical Analysis-The Bachelor/Bachelorette Dramaturgical analysis was developed by Erving Goffman. Dramaturgical Analysis is defined as the study of social interaction in theatrical performances. Basically Dramaturgical Analysis boils down to how people’s actions‚ and even thoughts‚ change when they are worrying about people watching and judging them. The Bachelor and Bachelorette is a popular television show about a single woman/man that is looking for
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Labeling theory had its origins in Suicide‚ a book by French sociologist Émile Durkheim. He found that crime is not so much a violation of a penal code as it is an act that outrages society. He was the first to suggest that deviant labeling satisfies that function and satisfies society ’s need to control the behavior. As a contributor to American Pragmatism and later a member of the Chicago School‚ George Herbert Mead posited that the self is socially constructed and reconstructed through the interactions
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Critically evaluate the contribution made by sociologists to our understanding of health and illness Sociology‚ the study of society and social behaviour of groups‚ at various levels and from different perspectives‚ from solid interpretations to generalisations. It can vary from the study of two individuals encounter to the analysis of global social processes. There are three main areas of sociology‚ social structures such as education‚ family and social stratification‚ social systems for example
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Davis’ reforms can help alleviate philosophical prison problems by preparing students to become better adults and providing the necessary care and help to those in need before it is too late‚ such as those with mental illness and drug problems. Foucault‚ Guenther‚ and Alexander’s Views Over the Prison System: While the prison system is supposed to punish offenders for their crimes and help rehabilitate offenders to return to society as functional individuals‚ there are a number of issues with the
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