Linguistic and legal analysis of crime of fraud in context of its euphemization in the Internet communication Cover Image

Analiza lingwistyczna i prawna oszustwa a jego eufemizacja w przekazach internetowych
Linguistic and legal analysis of crime of fraud in context of its euphemization in the Internet communication

Author(s): Beata Burska-Ratajczyk, Radosław Burski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Media studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: euphemism; Internet; criminal liability; fraud; criminal act

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the question of a crime of fraud. This prohibited act has been analysed from the legal and linguistics point of view. Linguistics researches refers to examples taken from the Internet from 2018 to 2021. Those examples incorporates characteristic phrases used by an internauts to name a perpetrators, criminal activity, special forms of crimes and victims of frauds. Lexical, semantical, grammatical and graphical means of euphemisation allows to enrich a communication by values such as emotionality or expressiveness. Legal analysis concentrates on a terms of criminal liability and character of a punishment, established in a criminal Code.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 56
  • Page Range: 321-337
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish