Ansatz zur linguistischen Untersuchung sprachlicher Mittel der Vertrauensförderung

Research in confidence has been established in many scientific disciplines during the last decades. Although there is evidence of a close relationship between language and confidence, this aspect has not been examined systematically so far. It can be considered a challenge for applied linguistics to analyse this relationship and to contribute to the research in confidence in this way. The aim of this paper is to introduce a dissertation that deals with the means of language that contribute to the process of creating and supporting confidence. The introductory part of this paper focuses on a theoretical description of the process and on possibilities the language used influences it. Further, the paper discusses the method for text analysis used in the dissertation to define confidence support strategies of a text producer. Finally, the paper gives an example of an analysis of a text passage that demonstrates the analytical approach applied in the dissertation.