The language of Islamic extremism towards automated identification of beliefs, motivations and justifications. (2002) It will be argued that although the study shows depth of research, clearly defined corpus techniques and a nuanced area of discussion, the objectives of the article are not explicitly defined and the acknowledged limitations of the study leave the conclusions relatively disappointing. Prentice, Rayson and Taylor (2012: 259-260) aim to indicate how and why corpus linguistics techniques can be used, in order to uncover the ideologies expressed by Islamic extremists through various collected materials. As a hypothesis however this is rather inexplicit, as no hint is given as to what the linguists expect to discover, and the description of the 'techniques' is rather vague. This is in contrast to Alharbi (2012: 109) who clearly states which terms will be tracked, in what context and through which techniques. This study represents a shift towards a distinct area of research, as the vast majority of corpus studies have focused not on the language of Islamic extremists, but on the rhetoric used to represent Muslims. Baker et al. (2013) examines uses of the word Muslim in the British media; Salama (2011) explores how Wahhabi Islam and Saudi Islam are represented in the United States; Alharbi (2012) studies Australian media and how it reflects Islam, Arabs and Muslims; and Martin and Phelan (2002) compare immediate post-9/11 representations of Islam on American television and online. While proving useful not only in providing unique data, Prentice et al. (2012) have discovered a new area of study and stimulate further linguistic research on corpora. One way this article and...... half of the document ......and Messageboard Discourses. Prometheus: Critical Innovation Studies 20 (3) p263-269Prentice, S. Rayson, P. & Taylor, P. (2012) The language of Islamic extremism towards automated identification of beliefs, motivations and justifications. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 17 (2) p259-286.Richardson, JE (2004) (Mis)representing Islam: The Racisim and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet Newspapers, Philadelphia, John BenjaminsSalama, AHY (2011) Ideological Collocation and the Recontextualization of Post 9/11 Saudi Wahhabi-Islam: A Synergy of Corpus Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse & Society, 22 (3) p315-342 Schieffelin, B. B. Kathryn, A. & Kroskvity, P. V. (1998) Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory, North Carolina, Oxford University Press USA. Sinclair, J. (1991) Corpus Concordance Collocation, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Topic > The language of Islamic extremism towards automated identification of beliefs, motivations and justifications. (2002) It will be argued that although the study shows depth of research, clearly defined corpus techniques and a nuanced area of discussion, the objectives of the article are not explicitly defined and the acknowledged limitations of the study leave the conclusions relatively disappointing. Prentice, Rayson and Taylor (2012: 259-260) aim to indicate how and why corpus linguistics techniques can be used, in order to uncover the ideologies expressed by Islamic extremists through various collected materials. As a hypothesis however this is rather inexplicit, as no hint is given as to what the linguists expect to discover, and the description of the 'techniques' is rather vague. This is in contrast to Alharbi (2012: 109) who clearly states which terms will be tracked, in what context and through which techniques. This study represents a shift towards a distinct area of research, as the vast majority of corpus studies have focused not on the language of Islamic extremists, but on the rhetoric used to represent Muslims. Baker et al. (2013) examines uses of the word Muslim in the British media; Salama (2011) explores how Wahhabi Islam and Saudi Islam are represented in the United States; Alharbi (2012) studies Australian media and how it reflects Islam, Arabs and Muslims; and Martin and Phelan (2002) compare immediate post-9/11 representations of Islam on American television and online. While proving useful not only in providing unique data, Prentice et al. (2012) have discovered a new area of study and stimulate further linguistic research on corpora. One way this article and...... half of the document ......and Messageboard Discourses. Prometheus: Critical Innovation Studies 20 (3) p263-269Prentice, S. Rayson, P. & Taylor, P. (2012) The language of Islamic extremism towards automated identification of beliefs, motivations and justifications. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 17 (2) p259-286.Richardson, JE (2004) (Mis)representing Islam: The Racisim and Rhetoric of British Broadsheet Newspapers, Philadelphia, John BenjaminsSalama, AHY (2011) Ideological Collocation and the Recontextualization of Post 9/11 Saudi Wahhabi-Islam: A Synergy of Corpus Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse & Society, 22 (3) p315-342 Schieffelin, B. B. Kathryn, A. & Kroskvity, P. V. (1998) Language Ideologies: Practice and Theory, North Carolina, Oxford University Press USA. Sinclair, J. (1991) Corpus Concordance Collocation, Oxford, Oxford University Press