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The link between language and power and the indispensible and urgent need for the oppressed to master the dominant language for emancipatory purposes are among the recurrent themes of Lettera a una professoressa. Developing communicative abilities and learning the ‘art’ of writing are seen by the authors of the Lettera as instruments of empowerment and means to resist the dominant location of hegemonic groups who reproduce their power through an education process that self-serves the interests of the most powerful.
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Borg, C., Cardona, M., Caruana, S. (2013). Language Use and Style in ‘Lettera a Una Professoressa’. In: Social Class, Language and Power. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-479-6_2
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