Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. The expression of inequality in interaction. Power, dominance and status 1
4. Part I. Focus on third persons
5. Representing inequality in language 17
6. Sexual network partners in Tanzania 49
7. A “rape victim” by any other name 81
8. Unveiling the phantom of the "Islamic takeover" 105
9. Power eliciting elements at the semantic-pragmatic interface 143
10. Part II. Focus on speaker/author
11. Powerless language 165
12. A true authoritarian type 193
13. We and I , and you and them 213
14. Language, normativity and power 239
15. Subject index 265