Chapter 2
Threatening
Basic concepts and issues
Article outline
- 2.1What is a threat?
- 2.2
The form of threats
- 2.2.1Conditionality
- 2.2.2Futurity
- 2.2.3Violent verbs, participants and orientation of a threat
- 2.2.4Other common features: Pronouns, taboo words, weapons
- 2.2.5Summary: The form of threats
- 2.3The function of threats
- 2.3.1Power and demands: Threats as a tool of manipulation
- 2.3.2Power and face: Threats as an impoliteness strategy
- 2.3.3
Summary: The function of threats
- 2.4The context of threats
- 2.4.1Power and distance as social context
- 2.4.2P and D combined: The relationship of threatener and target
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Notes