POWER AND POLITENESS: A STUDY OF FEMALE FACULTY INTERACTION IN COLLEGE RESULT MEETING

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine the dispersal of power between superior and subordinates in educational domain. This existing research also focuses the relationship between power and politeness in communication. Moreover, a dearth of research exists in college faculty meeting regarding expressions of politeness and power.  Therefore, for bridging this gap, a review of linguistic implication of politeness and power in educational domain is being done by using Brown and Levinson’s theory of politeness. This is a subjective study comprised of structured observation and uses Critical discourse analysis (CDA) for  targeted data.  This  analysis will  help  the  educators in comprehending of society and language in a relationship. This study concludes the simultaneously co-occurring of politeness and power in a context. Moreover, this research highlights the importance of college context as a rich information resource in terms of linguistic behavior.