Impression management in the Early Modern English courtroom

IF 0.4 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of Historical Pragmatics Pub Date : 2018-12-31 DOI:10.1075/JHP.00019.ARC

D. Archer

引用次数: 6

Abstract

This paper draws upon three texts from the trial section of the Corpus of English Dialogues, in order to explore the tactical impression management strategies used by Early Modern English courtroom participants (defendants, judges, lawyers and witnesses). I will demonstrate that modern impression management strategies (identified with other activity types in mind) are in evidence in the texts, as are additional courtroom-specific strategies. I discuss the nuances of these impression management tactics, in light of (a) the obvious power differences between the participants involved, (b) the need to be perceived as credible in this legal setting, and (c) their convergence with particular types of face(work).

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近代早期英国法庭的印象管理

本文选取了《英语对话语料库》中审判部分的三个文本，探讨了早期现代英语法庭参与者(被告、法官、律师和证人)使用的战术印象管理策略。我将证明，现代印象管理策略(与其他活动类型相一致)在文本中是有证据的，其他针对法庭的策略也是如此。我讨论了这些印象管理策略的细微差别，根据(a)参与者之间明显的权力差异，(b)需要在这种法律环境中被认为是可信的，以及(c)他们与特定类型的面孔(工作)趋同。

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Journal of Historical Pragmatics Multiple-

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1.90

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Historical Pragmatics provides an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical, empirical and methodological work at the intersection of pragmatics and historical linguistics. The editorial focus is on socio-historical and pragmatic aspects of historical texts in their sociocultural context of communication (e.g. conversational principles, politeness strategies, or speech acts) and on diachronic pragmatics as seen in linguistic processes such as grammaticalization or discoursization. Contributions draw on data from literary or non-literary sources and from any language. In addition to contributions with a strictly pragmatic or discourse analytical perspective, it also includes contributions with a more sociolinguistic or semantic approach.