CHOVANEC, Jan. The Pragmatics of Courtroom Discourse: Saving One’s Face in the Witness Box. In 9th Biennial Conference on Forensic Linguistics (Amsterdam). 2009.
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Original name The Pragmatics of Courtroom Discourse: Saving One’s Face in the Witness Box
Name in Czech Pragmatika soudního diskurzu
Authors CHOVANEC, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition 9th Biennial Conference on Forensic Linguistics (Amsterdam), 2009.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/09:00056347
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) pragmatika; face; soudní diskurz; forenzní jazykověda; konverzační analýza
Keywords in English pragmatics; face; face threat; judicial discourse; courtroom interrogation; forensic linguistics; conversation analysis
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D., učo 463. Changed: 11/4/2012 17:11.
Abstract
Based on linguistic evidence of face-threatening acts in the replies of inexperienced witnesses in the Shipman trial, the presentation sets out to identify discursive strategies used subconsciously by witnesses in order to protect their face, which may be under threat owning to their lack of knowledge/lapses in memory. It documents how witnesses may try to be as cooperative as possible in order to deflect further potential face-threatening acts in the form of the counsel's questions.
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