Language of Violent Jihad

Informationen zum Autor Paul Baker is Professor of English Language at Lancaster University. He has written 20 books on various aspects of language, discourse and corpus linguistics. He is commissioning editor of the journal Corpora and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Rachelle Vessey is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). Her research applying corpus linguistics and discourse analysis has been published in a range of international journals and she is the author of Language and Canadian Media (2016). Tony McEnery is Distinguished Professor in the Department of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University. He has published widely on corpus linguistics and is the author of Corpus Linguistics: Method, Theory and Practice (with Andrew Hardie, 2011). Klappentext How do violent jihadists use language to try to persuade people to carry out violent acts? Zusammenfassung Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches, this book analyses over two million words of texts produced by violent jihadists to show how they use language to persuade people to carry out violent acts. It will be invaluable for researchers in corpus linguistics, as well as religious scholars. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Terrorism and Language; 3. Collecting and Analysing Extremist Texts; 4. The In-Group; 5. The Out-group; 6. The Path of Jihad; 7. Linguistic Strategies; 8. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Baker, Paul (Lancaster University) Vessey Baker, Baker Paul, Tony McEnery, Rachelle Vessey, Vessey Rachelle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108421119
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42111-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Islamic Studies, Terrorism, armed struggle, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities