The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences
Online ISSN: 2301-2218
European Publisher
Criteria of Extremist Speech Acts: Forensic Linguistic Diagnostic Complexes
Table 6: CDC ‘humiliation of the human dignity of a person (group of people) in connection with his/her social identity’ (‘enemy image’)
| Speech product component | Forensic (linguistic) features of the reference sample |
| Topic (subject of speech) | 1. object of criminogenic aggression: a) a group of people distinguished on the basis of social identity, or its representative(s)2. negative assessment of the object of criminogenic speech aggression through stereotypes:a) attribution of the out-group hostility (hostile actions) in relation to the in-group, as well as intentions to commit hostile actions in relation to the in-grouporb) explanation of the problems, calamities, troubles of the in-group by the activity of the out-grouporc) attribution of generalized negative characteristics to an out-group (congenital or embedded in culture, including religious dogmas: negative moral qualities, vices, etc.)ord) the transfer of negative characteristics of specific individuals (members of the out-group) to the entire out-group, including attributing to all representatives of the out-group the desire to follow the rules of conduct (including archaic norms of religious law, ethnic customs, etc.), which are illegal and (or) immoral from the author’s point of view |
| Attitude | negative hostile and disrespectful attitude towards the out-group:a) fearb) contemptc) disregard for values |
| Speech purpose | informing about the attitude towards the subject of speech (demonstrating to the audience that the out-group is an enemy and source of harm) |