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Chapter 4 - Training Identity Assumption

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2020

Tim Grant  and
Nicci MacLeod
Tim Grant
Affiliation:
Aston University
Nicci MacLeod
Affiliation:
Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Summary

The linguistic identity assumption training we currently provide to undercover officers is the subject of Chapter 4. Here we focus in particular on how our component of the Pilgrim training has been influenced by our own theories of identity performance as supported by our analyses. We outline the input we provide to trainees at the levels of linguistic structure, meaning and interaction, and describe the pro forma we provide for the analysis of online linguistic personae. We also report here on the findings of a small-scale experiment comparing trainees’ competence at linguistic identity assumption before our training versus afterwards.

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police trainingundercover online operationsstructurepragmaticsinteractionidentity assumptionrole-play
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Language and Online Identities
The Undercover Policing of Internet Sexual Crime
 , pp. 90 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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