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Measure of ability to communicate in a given language
Language power (LP) is a measure of the ability to communicate effectively in a given language, specifically one that is not native to the speaker. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Language powerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A large language model for advanced power dispatchInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Julius CaesarThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Language, power and identityCited 107 times
- Go sideways: Glossary of language education termsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Near-native speakerA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Language, power and identity
The Language of Power and the Power of Language
Language power and persuasion
Language, Power, and Intergroup Relations
The language of power
Language and Symbolic Power
Language and Power
The power of language
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1656
The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli · 1515
MacbethWilliam Shakespeare · 1687
PoemsAlfred Lord Tennyson · 1827
The Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov · 1972
WildCheryl Strayed, Isabel Ferrer · 1767
Die WolkeGudrun Pausewang · 1987
EnergyDarlene R. Stille, Sheree Boyd · 2002
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