The Language of Violent Jihad by Paul Baker (English) Hardcover Book

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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.

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How do violent jihadists use language to try to persuade people to carry out violent acts? This book analyses over two million words of texts produced by violent jihadists to identify and examine the linguistic strategies employed. Taking a mixed methods approach, the authors combine quantitative methods from corpus linguistics, which allows the identification of frequent words and phrases, alongside close reading of texts via discourse analysis. The analysis compares language use across three sets of texts: those which advocate violence, those which take a hostile but non-violent standpoint, and those which take a moderate perspective, identifying the different uses of language associated with different stages of radicalization. The book also discusses how strategies including use of Arabic, romanisation, formal English, quotation, metaphor, dehumanisation and collectivisation are used to create in- and out-groups and justify violence.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

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.

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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.

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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.

Details ISBN1108421113 Author Tony McEnery Pages 300 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1108421113 ISBN-13 9781108421119 Format Hardcover DEWEY 297.720141 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 52 Tables, black and white; 36 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white AU Release Date 2021-10-28 NZ Release Date 2021-10-28 Publication Date 2021-10-28 UK Release Date 2021-10-28 Alternative 9781108363365 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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