speech reporting in courtroom opening statements
- Title
- speech reporting in courtroom opening statements
- Author
- Krisda Chaemsaithong
- Keywords
- Courtroom discourse; Function of reported speech; Monolog; Opening statement; Speech reporting
- Issue Date
- 2017-07
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF PRAGMATICS, v. 119, page. 1-14
- Abstract
- This investigation critically analyzes the practice of speech reporting in the monologic genre of the opening statement. Drawing on the opening statements of three high-profile trials, this study analyzes the form, function, and frequency of reported utterances that manifest within the opening statement. The findings reveal that the opening statement is a highly heteroglossic genre, and the inclusion of voices is pragmatically motivated, serving five functions: narrative, evidential, disaligning, contextualizing, and discourse organizing. Reanimation of voices not only enables lawyers to create and negotiate different realities but also contributes to making the opening statement essentially argumentative. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378216616304222?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/114831
- ISSN
- 0378-2166; 1879-1387
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pragma.2017.08.003
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- COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES[S](인문과학대학) > ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE(영어영문학과) > Articles
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