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Threatening in English: A mixed method approachJulia Muschalik
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 284] 2018
► pp. 129–180
Julia Muschalik
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 284] 2018
► pp. 129–180
Chapter 5The function of threats
Article outline
- 5.1
Assessing the point of utterance: Pre-event and post-event threats
- 5.1.1Methodology
- 5.1.2Results and discussion
- 5.2The form of manipulative and retaliative threats
- 5.2.1Conditionality
- 5.2.2Futurity
- 5.2.3Type of verb, agent-patient relation and orientation of threat
- 5.2.4Common lexical elements: Pronouns, taboo language and mention of weapons
- 5.2.5Summary
- 5.3Form as a predictor of function: Classification tree models
- 5.3.1Methodology
- 5.3.2Results I: Single conditional inference tree
- 5.3.3Results II: Random forest of conditional inference trees
- 5.3.4 Discussion: Predictable strategies?
- 5.4Summary: The function of threats
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