The exchange structures and the power factor in the Vietnamese courtroom interaction

  • Lương Thị Hiền

Abstract

From the points of view of British discourse analysis, the characteristics of power through seven exchange structures belonging to three groups in Vietnamese courtroom discourse are studied: (i) in the structures of the I,  I-R, I-Ib-Ir-R and I-R-Ir-Rr which express an irreversibl e and direct power;(ii) in the three-step structure I- R- F which shows the power associated with the solidarity; (iii) in the four stepstructure I-R-F/Ib- R which indicates the power of the truth. The i nitial  movesin the exchange structures belong exclusively to participants who hold judicial power. The three-step I - R- Fframework of the British discourse analysis in this case is slightly narrow, but still can be applied in a flexible way to draw essential instructions of structural patterns and power for this specific interaction.

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Published
2015-01-19
Section
Bài viết