This article analyzes the styling practices of fraudsters in institutional impersonation fraud (IIF), focusing on how they style themselves and others (targets and opponents) through stance-taking to achieve manipulative goals. Using data from 26 IIF cases, the analysis reveals that fraudsters style themselves as possessing professional authority, target avidity, and community integrity, while styling targets as troublesome, innocent, and needing help. Opponents are consistently assigned negative stances. Three interactive patterns are identified: Antagonizing, Pseudo-allied, and Selective Stance-accentuation, offering a linguistic perspective on the IIF interactive process.
Publisher
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
Published On
Nov 04, 2024
Authors
Mengna Liu, Xiqiao Liang, Jinshi Chen
Tags
fraudsters
institutional impersonation fraud
linguistic styling
manipulative goals
stance-taking
interactive patterns
authority
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