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Threatening in English: A mixed method approach
Julia Muschalik
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 284] 2018
► pp. 51–128

Chapter 4
The form of threats

Article outline
  • 4.1Methodology
    • 4.1.1Unit of analysis
    • 4.1.2 Coding
  • 4.2Conditionality
    • 4.2.1Operationalizing conditionality
    • 4.2.2 Results and discussion
  • 4.3Futurity
    • 4.3.1Operationalizing futurity
    • 4.3.2 Results and discussion
  • 4.4Violent verbs, participants and orientation of a threat
    • 4.4.1 Type of verb
    • 4.4.2 Agent-patient relation
    • 4.4.3 Orientation of threat
  • 4.5Other common features: Pronouns, taboo words, weapons
    • 4.5.11PP and 2PP
    • 4.5.2 taboo language
    • 4.5.3 mention of weapons
  • 4.6Social context: Relationship of threatener and target
    • 4.6.1 Operationalizing relationship of threatener and target
    • 4.6.2Results and discussion
  • 4.7Detecting feature patterns: Hierarchical cluster analysis
    • 4.7.1 Data and methodology
    • 4.7.2 Results and discussion
  • Notes