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 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 10 Language Intensity as an Expression of Power in Political Messages

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