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"Power-Related Talk"

Control in Verbal Interaction

Ute Rademacher

University of Heidelberg

Lenelis Kruse

Fern University Hagen

This study examines verbal exchange in a bargaining situation. It focuses on the verbal behavior of subjects holding different hypotheses about the personalities of their partners. Pairs of participants were given the task of fixing a date, time, and place for a meeting. Participants had different timetables to work with and were given different partner information (dominant vs. submissive). The power-related talk approach focuses on the relationship between the claim to be powerful and the response of the target person, who can accept or reject the power claim. The main emphasis is on the dimension of interactional control. Speech patterns were classified as control-claiming moves, controlyielding moves, and control-neutral moves. Results of those control speech patterns and other speech measures (e.g., speech rate, pauses, feedback) showed that the partner hypothesis in particular influenced negotiation strategies. A more context-oriented approach toward power and interaction is suggested.

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