Publication Date:
2011
Short description:
Role of Metadiscourse in Counsels’ questions / Cavalieri, S. - In: Explorations on Courtroom Discourse: Power and ControlGBR : Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2011. - ISBN 9781409423478. - pp. 79-111
abstract:
This chapter focuses on the role of metadiscourse in counsels' questions during the witness examination, considering in particular the case of the Public inquiries in GB. The study discusses functions of both textual and interpersonal metadiscourse (Hyland 1998; 2005) in the realization of lawyers' argumentative strategies to build up effective questions.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
metadiscourse; counsels' questions; public inquiries; witness examination
List of contributors:
Cavalieri, Silvia
Book title:
Explorations on Courtroom Discourse: Power and Control