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Lakoff, Robin – 1985
In looking at the forms language takes, linguists sometimes forget to ask the obvious question about the relationship between the forms language uses (phonology and syntax) and the function language is expected to play as a vehicle of communication. Probably the bulk of our daily communication involves the allocation and use of power, the politics…
Descriptors: English, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication, Power Structure