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Fitzmaurice, Susan – Language Sciences, 2002
Demonstrates that forms of address clearly distinguished between the ranks of patrons of the Kit Cat Club--founded in 1700 by Jacob Tonson to bring together men of the new professions--and the broker (Tonson), and that certain poets accorded Tonson the same linguistic terms of politeness they used to address their patrons. Pragmatic analysis of…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English, Power Structure
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Adachi, Nobuko – Language Sciences, 2002
Contrasts differences in language use across the Japanese workplace, including women's speech. Examines what is referred to as "manifestations of power" among Japanese working women. Explores "resistance to subordination" among female university students who have not yet entered professional or domestic life. Comparison of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Females, Foreign Countries