Basic concepts and issues: Chapter 2. Threatening

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Chapter 2
Threatening

Published online: 18 January 2018

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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