REVIEW OF THE MONOGRAPH OF L._A._NEFEDOVA, E._SH._NIKIFOROVA, N. S. OLIZ'KO "COURTROOM DISCOURSE COGNITIVE TYPE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY"

The book reviewed presents the results of comparative linguistic study of Russian, Kazakh and American cognitive models of courtroom discourse. The discourse common relevant features are institutionality, conventionality and theatricism. During the analysis of courtroom session transcripts, the unity of locution, illocution and perlocution was found to characterize the discourse type independent of the language. The first one is meant to inform about the defendant, the second one is performed by a courtroom subject (prosecutor, lawyer, defendant, witness) with a certain intention and results in the third one. Also, intertextuality was observed to be expressed in various inner-text and inter-text relations. Speech behavior of the subjects was found to follow common strategies depending on the roles performed. It was shown that accusation strategy is characterized by a number of tactics that include creating the negative image of the defendant, giving facts that prove the defendant’s guilt, discrediting the evidence in favor of the defendant, defendant’s words and the lawyer’s reasons, demonstrating the most shocking details of the crime, providing abundant quotations...