Book contents
- The Linguistics of Crime
- The Linguistics of Crime
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Editorial Introduction
- 2 The Metaphoric and Metonymic Conceptualisation of the Other
- 3 Prison Metaphors
- 4 Ideology in Mainstream Crime Fiction
- 5 A Critical and Stylistic Analysis of the Depiction of the Transnational Human Trafficking Victim in Minette Walters’ The Cellar
- 6 The Linguistic Construction of Political Crimes in Kurdish-Iraqi Sherko Bekas’ Poem The Small Mirrors
- 7 Stylistic Aspects of Detective Fiction in Translation
- 8 Transnational Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
- 9 The Ethical Effects of Voice-Over Narration on a Victim Testimonial
- 10 Realising Betrayal
- 11 ‘Nossa Vida é Bandida’
- 12 Deviant Mind Style of a Schizophrenic Offender
- 13 Narrower or Broader Ground? The Role and Function of Metaphors in Legal Discourse
- 14 Condemning the Condemners
- 15 Ideology in Critical Crime Fiction
- Index
- References
12 - Deviant Mind Style of a Schizophrenic Offender
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2023
- The Linguistics of Crime
- The Linguistics of Crime
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- 1 Editorial Introduction
- 2 The Metaphoric and Metonymic Conceptualisation of the Other
- 3 Prison Metaphors
- 4 Ideology in Mainstream Crime Fiction
- 5 A Critical and Stylistic Analysis of the Depiction of the Transnational Human Trafficking Victim in Minette Walters’ The Cellar
- 6 The Linguistic Construction of Political Crimes in Kurdish-Iraqi Sherko Bekas’ Poem The Small Mirrors
- 7 Stylistic Aspects of Detective Fiction in Translation
- 8 Transnational Adaptations of Sherlock Holmes
- 9 The Ethical Effects of Voice-Over Narration on a Victim Testimonial
- 10 Realising Betrayal
- 11 ‘Nossa Vida é Bandida’
- 12 Deviant Mind Style of a Schizophrenic Offender
- 13 Narrower or Broader Ground? The Role and Function of Metaphors in Legal Discourse
- 14 Condemning the Condemners
- 15 Ideology in Critical Crime Fiction
- Index
- References
Summary
Tabbert analyses a schizophrenic offender‘s own account of his crime. She uses the stylistic toolkit to identify patterns in his language use and links them with symptoms shown by people suffering from schizophrenia. The chapter illustrates how isolating this mental illness is, leading even to committing a crime while reaching out for social companionship.
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- The Linguistics of Crime , pp. 253 - 281Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023