The Power of Words

Felicia McCaw
SVSU - English 370 Response 3:
The Power of Words


The Power of Words

Words as a measure of power is sometimes the fatality of indirect and direct banter or searing rights to correct thought. Given full rights to control a situation words sometimes exhibit a life of their own to wound and consistently repeat and wound again. Not only can words serve as tangible weapons in wars of words that condone thrust and parries they can also heal and suppress the pain and remedy a wrong.

Because words are like systematic units of sounds and arrangement of meaningful units with clear meaning relayed and grammatical correctness they serve as functionable relicense of actual discourse or non-discourse. The question evolves does word clarify a situation, magnify it or dispel it. Words indeed have versatile rights of challenge to undermine a situation or solve it. They also have the ability to relay a positional point whether to reflect a value of meaning or to uphold a societal value that is parallel to it. As a societal value is upheld also comes the thought does the societal hierarchy apply and allow the power to name or assign, to determine definitions and names and enforce them or to prescribe correct usage and pronunciations.

A benefit of words and the structural base of usage reveals that a complex reciprocity exists that allow the political and social attitudes of words used in a relational base. Further, that as a usage of words exist so can meaning be itself arbitrary and not reflect a relational basis because meanings itself are not fixed. Therefore with the conclusion that meanings are allowable to change and vary as the power of worlds evolve.



Felicia McCaw
English 370 Response 3
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Consequently, this reflect that words are reflective of multiple layers of meanings and as well as having a metaphoric meaning that is ambiguous and as well as clearly stated. Because of this uses and abuse connected to words as a powerful function in usage can be noted as either an assistant to a position or power or a deflector and nullifying of power. By utilizing double-speak this sometimes either allows a discreet conveyance of power or a sad lessening of effect by either camoflaging meaning or to purposely mislead.

Another variation in transmitting power of words is through meaning and the use of jargon or specialized language that is shorthand in verbal action that is its own secret verbal language. Similar to jargon is the slant and use of charged words to initiate power of communication as well as to persuade and reflect power that is transmitted from one to another.

Fighting words and taboo words are indeed powerful tools in themselves because they are indeed the trademark of politicians and swords of interactive play. However, regardless of inherent taboos these words are indeed a spark that relay an almost instantaneous reaction. In conclusion, the power of words covers many venues and is reflective of everyday living and in the real world. .As per the thought of words the usage determines the clear exchange of power.