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Authoritatively speaking : a speech pragmatic analysis of authority and power
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)A speaker needs authority to perform some speech acts, such as giving orders. A paradigm example of this is when a manager orders their employee to take out the trash; ordinarily, these words will give the employee a ...