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This open access book reports on research carried out as part of
the European Union co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project which targeted
hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states. It
showcases the bearing that discourse analytic research can have on
our understanding of this phenomenon that is a growing global cause
for concern. Although 'hate speech' is often incorporated in legal
and policy documents, there is no universally accepted definition,
which in itself warrants research into how hatred is both expressed
and perceived. The research project synthesises discourse analytic
and corpus linguistics techniques, and presents its key findings
here. The focus is especially on online comments posted in reaction
to news items that could trigger discrimination, as well as on the
folk perception of online hate speech as revealed through
semi-structured interviews with young individuals across the
various partner countries.
All of the papers included in this volume offer some novel and/or
updated perspective on issues of central importance in pragmatics,
suggesting original ways in which research in the particular areas
they adhere to could advance. Apart from the obvious aim of
motivating further discussion on the topics it touches on, a
central objective of this volume is to underline that research in
pragmatics can and does substantially inform research in numerous
other fields of enquiry, namely philosophy, cognitive science,
linguistics and conversation analysis, revealing in this way the
truly interdisciplinary nature of pragmatics theorizing. In this
respect, and given that most of the contributions in this volume
are from leading scholars in their respective fields, it is clearly
expected that the ideas put forth in this volume will have a
profound and long-lasting impact for future research in the area.
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