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The Language Game: How Words Create Power (And Keep You Out of the Club)
Key ConceptsPierre Bourdieu - Linguistic CapitalLanguage functions like money - certain ways of speaking give you social advantagesSpeech communities use jargon as gatekeepers (medical speak, corporate buzzwords)Your accent/vocabulary can be more valuable than your ideasMichel Foucault - Discourse Creates RealityLanguage doesn't just reflect power - it actively creates it"Executive presence" isn't natural - it's performed linguistic patterns that produce leadersDiscourse shapes what kinds of people are even imaginable as authoritiesKey Insight: Language isn't neutral - every conversation is a…
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