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Publication details [#22265]

Thomas, Jenny A. 1985. The language of power: Towards a dynamic pragmatics. Journal of Pragmatics 9 (6) : 765–783.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

A description of the pragmatic elements used by a participant to dominate a conversation of the unequeal type is followed by a discussion of the needs to overcome the limitations of low-level analyses of conversation units, as in conversation analysis, speech act pragmatics and the like.