Spoken threats from production to perception / James Tompkinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tompkinson, James, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in forensic linguistics 2634-7334

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Threats in language.

Discourse analysis.

Forensic linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (74 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Spoken threats are a common but linguistically complex language crime. Although threatening language has been examined from different linguistic perspectives, there is limited research which critically addresses how people perceive spoken threats and infer traits such as threat and intent from speakers' voices. There is also minimal linguistic research addressing differences between written and spoken threats. By specifically analysing threats delivered in both written and spoken modalities, as well as integrating perceptual phonetic analysis into discussions on spoken threats, this Element offers perspectives on these two under-researched areas. It highlights the dangers of assuming that the way in which someone sounds correlates with, for example, their intention to commit harm, and explores potential problems in assuming that written and spoken threats are equivalent to one another. The goal of the Element is to advance linguistic knowledge and understanding around spoken threats, as well as promote further research in the area.

Contents:

Introduction

Threatening language: a research review

Analysing threat production: a corpus approach

Analysing threat perception: an experimental approach

Concluding thoughts.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jan 2024).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009293020

1009293028

9781009292993

1009292994

9781009292986

1009292986

OCLC:

1420151826