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The pragmatic function of speech acts as performed by lawyers and witnesses in anglo-american courtroom direct examination and cross examination and their relation to the objectives pursued by lawyers

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Lingüística con Mención en Lengua Inglesa. / Tesis no disponible a texto completo / The research presented here aimed at investigating into the lawyer-witness interaction in examination and cross-examination in courtroom, in terms of the speech acts that they perform in such a context which, as described above, can be unaffable for the witness. The antagonistic nature of courtroom examination, particularly of cross-examination, makes it interesting to determine the types of speech acts which are conveyed in the lawyer-witness interaction, beyond the evident fact that lawyers ask questions that the witness must answer.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UCHILE/oai:repositorio.uchile.cl:2250/112769
Date January 2012
CreatorsZúñiga Pacheco, Margarita
ContributorsMuñoz Acevedo, Daniel, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Escuela de Postgrado, Departamento de Lingüística, Zenteno Bustamante, Carlos
PublisherUniversidad de Chile
Source SetsUniversidad de Chile
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeTesis

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