Language and Power (with Bonus Episode Content)
In this episode, I argue that language and power are inextricably interwoven, yet are not fixed in their roles, and thus, allow for identity formation, affirmation, acceptance, and demarcation.
3:00 - Connections, Conexiones, Conexões, Connexions, Konekson, Konekshonnan… Words undoubtedly connected, yet separated by cultures, languages, geography, and time!
3:55 - Today, I want to think through a few CONNECTIONS… Ones that consider ORDINARY PEOPLE, PIRATES, and SOME OF THE PROBLEMATIC "POWERS OF LANGUAGE.
4:27 - By the way… Is "Problematic" a problematic word? How about the term, "Stakeholder"? Is "Stakeholder" a problematic word?... OR, Is "Problematic" a "stakeholder" word?
4:51 - introductory episode, "What the Fill-in-the-Blank is an EthKnowLinguist? [https://open.spotify.com/episode/70PjTKet5CDkmYG24U6Cw5?si=Pz4fTuV8SZitaRlEoegdyQ]"
5:21 - An invitation to decide...
6:33 - "Which kinds of connections exist?”
7:28 - Irrespective of the geographical location of a society, an embedded element of human life is that of language as it functions to provide manners of interpretation of our social experiences.
8:56 - Delving further into Language & Power
9:44 - Defining "Power"
15:13 - Understanding the Relationship between Language and Power
18:42 - Concept of "symbolic power"
20:45 - Speech Communities and Language Ideologies
22:58 - Concept of "agency"
24:45 - Ordinary People with Extraordinary Linguistic Means of Defining Identity
26:59 - The Maintenance and Perpetuation of Identity via Language
28:30 - Hasidic Judaism - founded in Eastern Europe (Okopy Świętej Trójcy, Kingdom of Poland, present-day Ukraine)
31:20 - “Institutional discourse"
33:10 - British radio talk show
33:52 - a conflict that aired on the reality television series "Survivor"
36:30 - Accent Authenticity and Identity
37:25 - Professor Jillian Cavanaugh [https://www.brooklyn.edu/faculty-staff/jillian-cavanaugh/]
37:50 - Accent, Standard Language Ideology, and Discriminatory Pretext in the Courts
39:59 - "Linguistic Images"
40:56 - It's time for an EthKnow-Anecdote (A Curaçaoan Accent)
44:20 - There's a really great Podcast, "Strictly Facts: A Guide to Caribbean History and Culture [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-facts-a-guide-to-caribbean-history-and-culture/id1549330838]", hosted by Alexandria Miller. On an episode, titled, "The History of Papiamentu/o in the Dutch Caribbean with Keisha Wiel [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/strictly-facts-a-guide-to-caribbean-history-and-culture/id1549330838?i=1000549019161]", we learn about the linguistic landscape of the ABC Islands, videlicet, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao.
44:39 - Keisha Wiel [https://www.linkedin.com/in/keisha-wiel] of University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education [https://www.linkedin.com/school/penngse/?trk=public_profile_experience-item_profile-section-card_subtitle-click] and Temple University [https://www.linkedin.com/school/templeuniversity/?trk=public_profile_experience-item_profile-section-card_subtitle-click].
47:00 - Auto-Demarcation of “Minority” Identities via Language
51:45 - NOW… BEFORE WE END THIS EPISODE…
BONUS CONTENT, so, here we go….
53:24 - Alexander the Great and Diomedes - It's the clapback for me!
55:05 - Dr. Manushag N. Powell [https://www.purdue.edu/provost/about/staff/powell-manushag.html] of Purdue University
56:34 - So, what's a "buccaneer"?
59:50 - Buccaneers began to be called "pyrates".
60:38 - Captain Henry Morgan, a Welshman who's become the brand ambassador of Captain Morgan's Original Spiced Gold Rum [https://www.captainmorgan.com/en-gb/our-spirits/captain-morgan-original-spiced-rum/]…
61:32 - So, what about pirates versus privateers?
62:36 - The Proclamation of 1678
63:44 - "All that was needed was a Vendetta and a Letter!"
64:48 - This is an absolutely perfect moment for me to plug just two of my favorite contemporary thinkers and academics….
65:06 - In an episode of just one of my favorite podcasts, Dr. Amna Khalid [https://www.amnakhalid.com/about], an Associate Professor in the Department of History at Carleton College and the Host of
65:18 - "BANISHED [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banished/id1573843048]", invites
65:20 - Dr. John McWhorter [https://americanstudies.columbia.edu/people/john-h-mcwhorter], an associate professor in the Slavic Department who teaches various courses on Linguistics and Music Humanities at Columbia University, and host of yet another of my favorite podcasts,
65:34 - "LEXICON VALLEY [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lexicon-valley-from-booksmart-studios/id1576564760]", to speak on some of the linguistically fascinating aspects of the word, "WOKE", neatly linking them to a slew of other terms that have taken fast turns down either AMELIORATION Avenue or PEJORATION Parkway.
Let's bring ourselves up to speed!
69:25 - ACTUAL SCRIPT
71:44 - 'stakeholder.'
72:05 - DEIB+ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Plus)
74:00 - Quirky Facts about "Stakeholder".
78:24 - Final Thoughts
80:05 - A Friendly Reminder