Context and goals: Suicide notes from a linguistic point of view

The article is a critique of a study of language of suicide notes. It raises the issue of the acontextual approach to language and suggests that suicide notes and their language must be seen within the social context in which they are written. Moreover, the article challenges the assumption that sui...

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Published in:Death studies 2017-08, Vol.41 (7), p.461-462
Main Author: Galasinski, Dariusz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Health technology assessment
Humans
Language
Linguistics
Suicide - psychology
Suicides & suicide attempts
Writing
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Summary:The article is a critique of a study of language of suicide notes. It raises the issue of the acontextual approach to language and suggests that suicide notes and their language must be seen within the social context in which they are written. Moreover, the article challenges the assumption that suicide notes have only a representational function. Instead, it argues that they can serve a host of other communicative purposes.
ISSN:0748-1187
1091-7683
DOI:10.1080/07481187.2017.1292815