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12 - Deviant Mind Style of a Schizophrenic Offender

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2023

By
Ulrike Tabbert
Edited by
John Douthwaite  and
Ulrike Tabbert
John Douthwaite
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Genova
Ulrike Tabbert
Affiliation:
University of Huddersfield
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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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mind styleschizophrenianegationconceptual metaphormodalitytransitivity
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The Linguistics of Crime , pp. 253 - 281
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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