Suicidological linguistics
Definition
The application of linguistic methods to understanding suicidal communication, including note analysis, social media analysis, and the language of crisis helpline calls. Distinguished from clinical risk assessment, which is performed by mental health professionals.
Related terms
- Comparison corpus (deceased subject)
- Writing samples attributed to the deceased: letters, texts, diary entries, social media posts. The challenge is that genuine notes are written in...
- Constriction
- Shneidman's term for the psychological narrowing of options visible in suicidal communication: the world reduced to two possibilities (continue or stop), dichotomous...
- Genuine suicide note
- A note written by the deceased in the period immediately before their death, addressed to known individuals, containing features consistent with Shneidman...
- Leave-taking formula
- A linguistic convention for ending a relationship or presence, typically a farewell, often accompanied by emotional acknowledgement. Leave-taking structures appear consistently in...
- Simulated suicide note
- A note written by another party (often the perpetrator of a homicide) to create the appearance of suicide. Also called a fabricated...
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- Suicide Note Analysis and AuthenticityThe application of linguistic methods to understanding suicidal communication, including note analysis, social media analysis, and the language of crisis helpl...