Fairclough's unequal encounters
Fairclough believes that in any conversation there is always a more dominant/powerful speaker.
Maureen: well (.) there's a problem (1) he couldn't ||get them ||
Juliane: ||you're joking||
Juliane interrupts Maureen which asserts her power and shows that she is the more dominant speaker because she is able to talk over Maureen and she straight away stops. The fact that Juliane uses the declarative and determiner "you're" makes it seem as though not getting the tickets is being blamed on Maureen and made out as though it's a big deal. It comes across in a harsh tone, although possibly may have been said differently, which suggests that she has the power to blame Maureen and knows that Maureen won't say anything back. This shows that Fairclough was correct when saying that there is always a more dominant speaker because even though they're friends one of them is still more powerful.
Friday, 13 March 2015
PEE Paragraph -power
Plan -
Overview - describing and explaining the text and what is happening, starting with 'because' or 'although'
PEE paragraph 1: Barrister intimidating Mr Neil as he has more instrumental and influential power, obvious signs that Mr Neil is battling for status, quotes "you cant remember whether they came to see you or not?" "I don't think they did no" - Goffman's face theory, Wareing's instrumental/influential power - political, Fairclough's unequal encounters - power asymmetry
Overview -
Because of the Barristers instrumental power, he appears to also have more influential power as opposed to Mr Neil, the power that the Barrister displays is reinforced by the judges. This shows a clear indication of power asymmetry between the participant. Despite the fact that Mr Neil doesn't have any instrumental power, there are obvious signs that there is a battle for status.
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"You cant remember whether they came to see you or not?". The Barrister's use of the personal pronoun 'you' displays influential power as it comes across as being intimidating which would make Mr Neil feel belittled. He uses his instrumental power to make Mr Neil feel of little value, this is because he is higher up. In a typical courtroom layout, the Barrister would be stood in front f the defendant which could also show a clear power asymmetry between the two participants. The defendant, in this case being Mr Neil is currently the low power participant in this spoken discourse as he is being patronised, perhaps the tone of the Barristers voice is harsh and probably making him feel uncomfortable. Mr Neil then interrupt the Barrister by saying "I don't think they did no", this could perhaps indicate that Mr Neil is battling for status as he is trying to become the more power participant despite the fact that he has neither the instrumental or the influential power that the Barrister upholds. It could also suggest that by Mr Neil not giving the Barrister a straight answer he is trying to avoid the question and raise his status by not being imposed on which is one Goffman's face theories.
Overview - describing and explaining the text and what is happening, starting with 'because' or 'although'
PEE paragraph 1: Barrister intimidating Mr Neil as he has more instrumental and influential power, obvious signs that Mr Neil is battling for status, quotes "you cant remember whether they came to see you or not?" "I don't think they did no" - Goffman's face theory, Wareing's instrumental/influential power - political, Fairclough's unequal encounters - power asymmetry
Overview -
Because of the Barristers instrumental power, he appears to also have more influential power as opposed to Mr Neil, the power that the Barrister displays is reinforced by the judges. This shows a clear indication of power asymmetry between the participant. Despite the fact that Mr Neil doesn't have any instrumental power, there are obvious signs that there is a battle for status.
PEE Paragraph 1 -
"You cant remember whether they came to see you or not?". The Barrister's use of the personal pronoun 'you' displays influential power as it comes across as being intimidating which would make Mr Neil feel belittled. He uses his instrumental power to make Mr Neil feel of little value, this is because he is higher up. In a typical courtroom layout, the Barrister would be stood in front f the defendant which could also show a clear power asymmetry between the two participants. The defendant, in this case being Mr Neil is currently the low power participant in this spoken discourse as he is being patronised, perhaps the tone of the Barristers voice is harsh and probably making him feel uncomfortable. Mr Neil then interrupt the Barrister by saying "I don't think they did no", this could perhaps indicate that Mr Neil is battling for status as he is trying to become the more power participant despite the fact that he has neither the instrumental or the influential power that the Barrister upholds. It could also suggest that by Mr Neil not giving the Barrister a straight answer he is trying to avoid the question and raise his status by not being imposed on which is one Goffman's face theories.
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