GENDER IDENTITY IN MIKE ROSS’S TRIAL IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES THE SUITS
Existing literature has provided a firm dichotomy between language differentials between the male and female gender. Regardless of different contexts and discourse types, these language differences tend to persist. In courtroom discourse, the linguistic constructions of female legal practitioners...
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| description | Existing literature has provided a firm dichotomy between language differentials
between the male and female gender. Regardless of different contexts and discourse
types, these language differences tend to persist. In courtroom discourse, the linguistic
constructions of female legal practitioners are loosely regarded as ‘powerless language’ characterized with polite constructions, hesitations, and hedges which is in firm contrast with their male counterparts who tend to be more definite in their linguistic constructions. The present study tends to examine how performed court discourse challenges this narrative. Using selected courtroom scenes of Mike Ross trial in the American TV show the suits, the study notes that while female legal practitioners use these ‘powerless’ linguistic patterns in the court interaction not as a demonstration of inferior or subordinate status to their male counterparts but dexterously deployed to achieve intended outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6eccfe110b1f4e24806f37ccc64176cc2023-05-22T08:46:59ZengUniversity of WarsawJournal of International Legal Communication2720-16432021-12-013310311010.32612/uw.27201643.2021.3.pp.103-110GENDER IDENTITY IN MIKE ROSS’S TRIAL IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES THE SUITSSanni Oluwole0Joanna Osiejewicz1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-8276University of Warsaw, PolandUniversity of Warsaw, PolandExisting literature has provided a firm dichotomy between language differentials between the male and female gender. Regardless of different contexts and discourse types, these language differences tend to persist. In courtroom discourse, the linguistic constructions of female legal practitioners are loosely regarded as ‘powerless language’ characterized with polite constructions, hesitations, and hedges which is in firm contrast with their male counterparts who tend to be more definite in their linguistic constructions. The present study tends to examine how performed court discourse challenges this narrative. Using selected courtroom scenes of Mike Ross trial in the American TV show the suits, the study notes that while female legal practitioners use these ‘powerless’ linguistic patterns in the court interaction not as a demonstration of inferior or subordinate status to their male counterparts but dexterously deployed to achieve intended outcomes.https://jilc.e-science.space/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/JILC3102-110Oluwole.pdfcross-examinationexaminationcourtgender identityperformed speech |
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| title | GENDER IDENTITY IN MIKE ROSS’S TRIAL IN THE AMERICAN TV SERIES THE SUITS |
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| title_sort | gender identity in mike ross s trial in the american tv series the suits |
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