A transitivity-based exploration of a wrongful conviction for arson and murder

IF 0.1 3区 文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS Language Context and Text-The Social Semiotics Forum Pub Date : 2022-09-29 DOI:10.1075/langct.22002.bar
L. Bartley
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Well-known cases of wrongful convictions (e.g. Central Park Five, Steven Avery, Amanda Knox), although merely the tip of the iceberg, serve to highlight flaws inherent in justice systems worldwide (cf. Garrett 2011). Many innocent people are having their freedom taken away without reason. One such lesser-known, though very significant, case is that of Kristine Bunch, who was wrongfully convicted of arson and murdering her son, resulting in her wrongful imprisonment for 17 years. To examine how Kristine represents her miscarriage of justice discursively, I examine transitivity patterns (Halliday & Matthiessen 2014) in a semi-structured interview with her and, in doing so, aim to create awareness of some probable key language processes in wrongful convictions more generally.
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基于及物性的纵火和谋杀罪错误定罪探究
众所周知的错误定罪案件(如中央公园五人组、史蒂文·艾弗里、阿曼达·诺克斯)虽然只是冰山一角,但却突显了世界各地司法系统固有的缺陷(参见加勒特,2011年)。许多无辜者的自由被无故剥夺。其中一个鲜为人知但意义重大的案件是Kristine Bunch,她被错误地判纵火罪和谋杀儿子罪,导致她被错误监禁17年。为了研究Kristine如何用话语表达她的误判,我在对她的半结构化采访中研究了及物性模式(Halliday&Matthiessen,2014),并在这样做的过程中,旨在让人们更普遍地意识到错误定罪中可能存在的一些关键语言过程。
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