Question Type and Narrative Construction in Courtroom Interrogation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Question Type and Narrative Construction in Courtroom Interrogation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The paper presents the results of research into the patterns of questioning in courtroom interrogation, based on a sample of minor witness testimonies made in court during a high profile civil case in the USA. Approaching the data from the perspective ofconversational analysis, the paper concentrates on the question part of the question-answer adjacency pair, contrasting the use of this structural component in direct and cross examination. It is shown that there is a significant difference between thetwo examination phases concerning the interrogators? preferences for the individual structural forms of questions (question types). This observation is explained with reference to the different functions of the two types of interrogation, reflecting their role in the construction of contrasting versions of events or, in some cases, the destruction of an alternative account.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Question Type and Narrative Construction in Courtroom Interrogation

Popis výsledku anglicky

The paper presents the results of research into the patterns of questioning in courtroom interrogation, based on a sample of minor witness testimonies made in court during a high profile civil case in the USA. Approaching the data from the perspective ofconversational analysis, the paper concentrates on the question part of the question-answer adjacency pair, contrasting the use of this structural component in direct and cross examination. It is shown that there is a significant difference between thetwo examination phases concerning the interrogators? preferences for the individual structural forms of questions (question types). This observation is explained with reference to the different functions of the two types of interrogation, reflecting their role in the construction of contrasting versions of events or, in some cases, the destruction of an alternative account.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2012

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů