After analyzing the data, the present study argues that usually three forms of narratives are constructed during courtroom examinations. They are elicited narratives, prosecutor or lawyer-proposed narratives and collaborative narratives. In addition, the author states that narratives occurring during courtroom examinations are not necessarily invulnerable.
We classify the contexts into the legal obligations Chinese courtroom responders shall fulfill, the legal rights they may exercise, and their psychological motivations.
In courtroom cross-examination, the adversary attorney takes the most advantage of his institutional power to manipulate the witnesses’ testimony through linguistic devices.
The importance of the recognition of such covert communication is discussed in terms of protecting the child victim from post-disclosure revictimization; in the courtroom, in supervised or unsupervised visitation, and in reunification of the family.
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...