The Exercise of Power in Communication

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
Hanna Pishwa, Rainer Schulze

Part I. Social Aspects of the Exercise of Power in Linguistics

2. The Significance of ‘the Social’ in Contemporary Linguistics
Rainer Schulze

3. Meaning Ruptures and Meaningful Eruptions in the Service of Rhetoric: Populist Flare-Up Hits the Greek Political Pitch
Eliza Kitis, E. Dimitris Kitis

Part II. Linguistic Cues for the Exercise of Power and Persuasion

4. Power under the Veil of Democracy
Anders Hougaard

5. Information Source as Persuasive Power in Political Interviews: the Case of Obama
Hanna Pishwa

6. Using Language as a Weapon: Verbal Manifestations of Contemporary Anti-Semitism
Monika Schwarz-Friesel

Part III. Linguistic Elements and Their Influence on the Recipient

7. Gender, Power and the Human Voice
Alexandra Suppes

8. Leveraging Processing to Understand Linguistic Cues, Power and Persuasion
Traci Craig, Kevin L. Blankenship, Annie Lewis

9. Powerful and Powerless Speech Styles and Their Relationship to Perceived Dominance and Control
Lawrence Hosman

10. Language Intensity as an Expression of Power in Political Messages
Mark A. Hamilton

Part IV. Focus on the Influence of Powerful Messages and Reactions

11. Persuasion and Psychological Reactance: the Effects of Explicit, High-Controlling Language
Claude H. Miller

12. Antidominance as a Motive of Low-Power Groups in Conflict
P. J. Henry

13. Understanding Power in Social Context: How Power Relates to Language and Communication in Line with Responsibilities or Opportunities
Annika Scholl, Naomi Ellemers, Kai Sassenberg, Daan Scheepers

Keywords: Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics, Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics, Communication Studies