ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-HAR9-0012 · ATLAS 251

Licentia

Claiming the freedom to speak openly despite expected resistance.

Explanation

The risk of utterance is staged together with its content.

Example

I will say this despite all the enthusiasm: without sources, beauty becomes assertion.

Counterexample

The sources must be checked.

Effect on thought and perception

Reveals power relations around speech.

Resonance

A voice crosses a threshold of social inhibition.

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Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Licentia“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-HAR9-0012. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-HAR9-0012

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