Courtroom discourse refers to opening statements, courtroom testimony, closing arguments, examination, etc. . Lawyer-witness examination, especially cross-examination, is a major part of courtroom discourse analysis.
At present, the research on the legal language in our country is mostly concentrated on the static description, studying the legal language itself from the syntax or semantic angle, but lack the dynamic study, let alone the study and research on the combination of pragmatic theories and courtroom discourse.
This thesis intends to bring conceptual integration theory into the analysis of courtroom discourse. By the application and explanations, I try to explore the cognitive proceedings in a cross-examination trial so that people can have a better understanding of courtroom activities.
This thesis explores power in the discourse of cross-examination ? an important component of courtroom discourse ? from the perspectives of conversation analysis and the modality system.
Since the courtroom interaction is realized through a series of question-response sequences, the repetition in courtroom discourse thus mainly occurs between the questioner and the respondent.
Studies on courtroom discourse havetraditionally found the court clientmarginalized and suppressed by legalprofessionals, who largely dominate thecourtroom interaction.
The turn of this very century witnesses the rapid development of forensic linguistic research. In China, the research is just at the initial stage. Thus it is opportune to examine and unveil the macrostructure of the discipline before the advent of a great surge of full-scale explorations in the field in China. In this regard, the present paper deals with the issues concerning the construction of the framework of forensic linguistics.The construction of the macrostructure of a science consists of ascertaini...
The present paper is devoted to characterization of interaction patterns and their distri- bution among different interaction partners in Chinese courtroom trial in terms of "exchange" as mani- fested in 13 courtroom trials of different cases with the conclusion (1) that although "I(Q)-R" is the most frequent pattern, the interaction pattern varies as goal relations between participants vary, (2) that neither "three-step analysis"(I(Q) - R - F) nor "embedded structure" (Q - Qi - Ri - R) applies ...
Courtroom discourse in adversarial trial system is in the form of statements and questions and responses. It is a dialogue among the judge, the procurators and defending lawyers. The purpose of the dialogue is to clarify the facts about the case being investigated and determination of the defendant's motivation. During this process the courtroom discourse forms. This paper is devoted to the study of the context of the courtroom interaction, the participants of the interaction, ...