>Dear relevance list,
>
>I was sent this request for sources from a law Phd student here. I suspect
>that the student wants to look into the nether regions of the speech act
>literature and/or anthropological literature - but I haven't the foggiest
>other than the classic 'Deadly Words' by Favret-Saada. Any thoughts? Please
>send replies directly to Stephane Beaulac (s_beaulac@hotmail.com)
>
>thanks,
>
>Richard Breheny.
>
>---------- Forwarded Message ----------
>Date: 13 October 2000 13:04 +0000
>From: Stephane Beaulac <s_beaulac@hotmail.com>
>To: reb35@hermes.cam.ac.uk
>Subject: Consultation re semantics & semiology
>
>
>Dr Breheny:
>
>My name is Stephane Beaulac, Canadian, reading for a Ph.D. in public
>international law under Philip Allott. ...
>
>My research concerns the concepts of sovereignty and self-determination.
>The crux of my theory is that these are words demonstrating enormous social
>power. I am using de Saussure's semantics and Egden & Richards' triangle
>to show the autonomous nature of linguistic signs (or symbol) and, in
>particular, the triangle to demonstrate that words do not only represent
>reality but also creates and influence reality (hence the social power of
>language). Anyway, I am running dry on sources to support the latter part
>of my argument, i.e. that words can carry enourmous social power.
>
>...
>
>
>
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