TY  - CHAP
U1  - Buchbeitrag
A1  - Marx, Konstanze
ED  - Pishwa, Hanna
ED  - Schulze, Rainer
T1  - Power eliciting elements at the semantic-pragmatic interface. Data from cyberbullying and virtual character-assassination attempts
T2  - The Expression of Inequality in Interaction. Power, dominance, and status
N2  - Power, in this article, is to be understood as an instrument of force that is imposed purposely in order to influence, affect or persuade others. The question here is whether such power is due to aggressive expressions (lexical level) or to context-dependent aspects (discourse level) that become relevant when insulting persons via new media. I will distinguish between “cyberbullying” as an attempt to hurt a persons feelings directly via personal SMS or email and “virtual character assassination attempts” that include third parties as an audience. Potential readers not directly involved are considered a constitutive eliciting element of power. It is assumed that their existence is even more important and effective (in terms of strengthening the perpetrators power) than aggressive language.
T3  - Pragmatics & beyond : new series - 248 
Y1  - 2014
SN  - 0922-842X
SS  - 0922-842X
SN  - 978-90-272-5653-9
SB  - 978-90-272-5653-9
N1  - Dieser Beitrag ist aus urheberrechtlichen Gründen online nicht frei zugänglich.
SP  - 143
EP  - 162
PB  - Benjamins
CY  - Amsterdam/Philadelphia
ER  -