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Publication details [#51671]

Chiang, Shiao-Yun. 2009. Personal power and positional power in a power-full 'I': a discourse analysis of doctoral dissertation supervision. Discourse & Communication 3 (3) : 255–271.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic language | discourse analysis | doctoral dissertation defense | evaluation | power

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This paper explores how the semiotic sign 'I' obtains its semantic professorial power in the pragmatic context of a doctoral dissertation supervision (at an American university).