Linguistic Contradiction: Power and Politeness in Courtroom Discourse
This article examines the courtroom as a workplace using Brown and Levinson's politeness model. It is argued that while the model is a valuable tool for analyzing courtroom discourse, the courtroom, as well as institutional and organizational contexts in general, possesses characteristics that...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing
1995-10-01
|
| Series: | Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie |
| Online Access: | https://journals.sfu.ca/dwr/index.php/dwr/article/view/397 |