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Pragmatic aspects of comment clauses in courtroom interaction
author:
Szczyrbak Magdalena
editor:
Emonds Joseph, Janebová Markéta
book title:
Language use and linguistic structure : proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2013 organized by Department of English and American Studies, Philosophical Faculty, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, June 6-8, 2013
date of publication
:
2014
place of publication : name of publisher:
Olomouc : Palacký University
pages:
255-267
ISBN:
978-80-244-4060-6
eISBN:
978-80-244-4059-0
series:
Olomouc Modern Language Series; Vol. 3
language:
English
book language:
English
abstract in English:
The study shows different approaches to the notion of “comment,” including those of Quirk et al. (1985), Biber et al. (1999) and Huddleston and Pullum (2002). It focuses, in agreement with Stenström (1984, 1994, 1995) and Brinton (2008), on various realizations of selected comment clauses (or pragmatic markers) in courtroom discourse, based on transcripts from a high-profile libel case. It is also an attempt to find a linkage between the most frequent I- and you-oriented comment clauses, their deployment by the participants in the trial and the discourse functions they perform in courtroom talk. The study aims to show that comment clauses can be approached as a discourse phenomenon and that their examination in the context of courtroom interaction may provide insights into how pragmatic meanings are created in an institutional
setting.