What is it about?
The study applies a linguistic theory and method to analyse a topic in social science and security studies
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Why is it important?
The study demonstrates methodological relevance of language to issues of conflict. This interdisciplinary study will be of interest to students and scholars in international relations and conflict studies.
Perspectives
The study views written threats in digital formats as one type of commissive 'act' such as promising, and argues that threat is a type of promise. This postulation derives from the speech act theory.
Dr Innocent CHILUWA
Covenant University
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This page is a summary of: The Discourse of Terror Threats: Assessing Online Written Threats by Nigerian Terrorist Groups, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, June 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/1057610x.2016.1194025.
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