Threatening in English

• Verfasst von: Muschalik, Julia [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Threatening in English
• Titelzusatz: a mixed method approach
• Verf.angabe: Julia Muschalik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
• Verlagsort: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: [2018]
• Umfang: XIV, 246 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Diagramme
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Pragmatics & beyond ; new series, volume 284
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-90-272-5689-8
• Schlagwörter: (s)Englisch / (s)Semantik / (s)Sprechakt / (s)Soziolinguistik / (s)Drohung
• Schlagwörter: (s)Englisch / (s)Semantik / (s)Sprechakt / (s)Soziolinguistik / (s)Drohung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Muschalik, Julia: Threatening in English. - Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018. - 1 online resource (262 pages)
• K10plus-PPN: 1001393120

Abstract

Threatening is among the less pleasant 'things we do with words', but, together with other conflictive speech acts, it seems to play a central role in communication. Yet, little is still known about how and when exactly speakers threaten. The present volume addresses this void by giving an in-depth analysis of the form and function of this speech act. A set of authentic threat utterances is used to probe questions on the linguistic repertoire employed and the different objectives speakers pursue with their threats. Based on the central findings, a classification of two types of threats is proposed, each with distinctive formal and functional properties. The analysis employs a mixed method approach with a two-fold aim; by combining a qualitative discussion of examples with the application of innovative statistical methodology, the findings allow new insights into research on threats and, simultaneously, offer new perspectives on general research methodology.0