The Exercise of Power in Communication

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Significance of ‘the Social’ in Contemporary Linguistics

Chapter 3 Meaning Ruptures and Meaningful Eruptions in the Service of Rhetoric: Populist Flare-Up Hits the Greek Political Pitch

Chapter 4 Power under the Veil of Democracy

Chapter 5 Information Source as Persuasive Power in Political Interviews: the Case of Obama

Chapter 6 Using Language as a Weapon: Verbal Manifestations of Contemporary Anti-Semitism

Chapter 7 Gender, Power and the Human Voice

Chapter 8 Leveraging Processing to Understand Linguistic Cues, Power and Persuasion

Chapter 9 Powerful and Powerless Speech Styles and Their Relationship to Perceived Dominance and Control

Chapter 11 Persuasion and Psychological Reactance: the Effects of Explicit, High-Controlling Language

Chapter 12 Antidominance as a Motive of Low-Power Groups in Conflict

Chapter 13 Understanding Power in Social Context: How Power Relates to Language and Communication in Line with Responsibilities or Opportunities