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Who may speak, and who is heard?
Linguistic forms can enable access, set expectations and distribute recognition. These stations invite a distinction between power, authority and register in concrete conversations.
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Which linguistic conditions make reasoned disagreement possible?
Case study
Fictional exercise written for this material. Not empirical data.
An imagined association board plans new opening hours. The chair says: “The experts recommend this, so we all agree.” Two new members remain silent. One member asks about the evidence and requests an explanation without administrative jargon.
Station 1
Power
The capacity to shape the actions, interpretations, rules, or possibilities of others.
Look for possibilities for action and their limits. Start from an observable situation.
Who can determine the topic or speaking time in an imagined meeting?
Sources and references (2)
- W02 · Metzler Lexikon Sprache · PDF-Seiten 8, 53, 63, 66, 76 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
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Offenes Beziehungsnetz → zweiter Grundbegriffscheck → Metzler/HWRh-Abgleich → ATLAS_239
- W03.1 · Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik, Band 1 · PDF-Seiten 8, 11, 12, 13, 15 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
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Offenes Beziehungsnetz → zweiter Grundbegriffscheck → Metzler/HWRh-Abgleich → ATLAS_239
Sources and references
- W02 · Metzler Lexikon Sprache · PDF-Seiten 8, 53, 63, 66, 76 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
- W03.1 · Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik, Band 1 · PDF-Seiten 8, 11, 12, 13, 15 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
Full profile and scope of evidence: https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-CORE-239-035
Station 2
Authority
Recognised power of validity or decision held by a person, institution, tradition, or source.
Distinguish recognition from mere enforcement. Reasons for competence can be disclosed and challenged.
Which question tests expert advice without dismissing expertise wholesale?
Sources and references (2)
- W02 · Metzler Lexikon Sprache · PDF-Seiten 76 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
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Offenes Beziehungsnetz → zweiter Grundbegriffscheck → Metzler/HWRh-Abgleich → ATLAS_239
- W03.1 · Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik, Band 1 · PDF-Seiten 75, 99, 101, 167, 179 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
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Offenes Beziehungsnetz → zweiter Grundbegriffscheck → Metzler/HWRh-Abgleich → ATLAS_239
Sources and references
- W02 · Metzler Lexikon Sprache · PDF-Seiten 76 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
- W03.1 · Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik, Band 1 · PDF-Seiten 75, 99, 101, 167, 179 · Volltext-/Artikelabgleich
Full profile and scope of evidence: https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-CORE-239-006
Station 3
Register
A situation-dependent variety with typical linguistic forms and norms of usage.
Compare two ways of phrasing the same request. Register belongs to the situation, not to a person’s unchanging worth.
Which phrasing helps a new group member participate?
Sources and references (1)
- ATLAS_091 · Fachquellenzuordnung offen
Sources and references
- ATLAS_091 · Fachquellenzuordnung offen
Full profile and scope of evidence: https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-091-056
Station 4
Consensus
Consensus is shared acceptance of a judgement or course of action, whose object, extent and conditions must be specified rather than assumed.
Examine how agreement arises and how it can be questioned again.
Which rule prevents silence from automatically counting as consent?
Sources and references (4)
- Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik, Bd. 4, Artikel „Konsens“; hg. von Gert Ueding, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer 1998. Sp. 1256–1258; PDF-Seiten 634–635
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Definition sowie Unterscheidungen von Gültigkeitskonsens und Interessenkompromiss. Die systematischen Positionen der Autoren werden nicht als alleinige Bedeutung des Wortes ausgegeben. | Original Atlas applications remain separate.
- Merriam-Webster: consensus
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Lexikalischer Beleg und Wortgeschichte des englischen Lemmas, keine vollständige Disziplingeschichte und keine automatische Übertragung auf deutsche Erstbelege. | Original Atlas applications remain separate.
- Duden online: Konsens
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Knappe deutsche Bedeutungs- und Herkunftsstütze, keine neue historische Erstbelegprüfung. | Original Atlas applications remain separate.
- Atlas der Sprache: Vergleichsstand Release 15.8.0 / Sites 352
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Arbeitsbasis des zuletzt in diesem Chat veröffentlichten Stands, keine neue vollständige Produktivinventur und kein unabhängiger wissenschaftlicher Beleg. | Original Atlas applications remain separate.
Sources and references
- Historisches Wörterbuch der Rhetorik, Bd. 4, Artikel „Konsens“; hg. von Gert Ueding, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer 1998. Sp. 1256–1258; PDF-Seiten 634–635
- Merriam-Webster: consensus · https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consensus
- Duden online: Konsens · https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Konsens
- Atlas der Sprache: Vergleichsstand Release 15.8.0 / Sites 352
Full profile and scope of evidence: https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-ADD-20261016-0009
Research boundary
A single expression does not establish a power structure. Situated usage, institutional rules and participants’ perspectives require separate investigation.
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Michael Reich: Who may speak, and who is heard?. Atlas der Sprache / Atlas of Language. atlas-260-20261017-04, 2026-10-17. https://atlasoflanguage.com/editions/atlas-260-20261017-04/sprache-und-macht. Add access date. Versioned research edition. No DOI or external archival deposit is documented.