Domestic Discord, Rocky Relationships: Semantic Prosodies in Representations of Marital Violence in the O.J. Simpson Trial

Abstract

This article addresses one of the central concerns of the forensic linguist: the analysis of courtroom discourse and the identification of potentially discriminatory linguistic practices within the criminal justice system. This critical linguistic analysis examines the semantic prosodies of some of the words and phrases used to describe domestic violence at trial, a key issue in the O.J. Simpson double homicide case. The article considers data from the 100,000-word opening arguments of the criminal trial and contrasts the respective lexical representations of domestic violence in the prosecution and defence arguments. Drawing on data from COBUILD Bank of English, the article studies the prosodies of the constructs presented by both sides in their conflicting representations of domestic violence against women in the courtroom context.

Andekuse kollokatsioonid keelekorpustes ning laste ja lastevanemate andekustõlgitsused

“…Sõna kasutuskontekst avaldub tekstides kollokatsioonide kaudu, mida mõistetakse kui "kahe või enama sõna esinemist tekstis väikese vahega" (Sinclair 2004, Piits 2015a: 12 kaudu); Muischnek (2006: 17) lisab definiitsete tunnuste hulka sageduse. Uurides sõnade koosesinemist, jälgides nende semantilisi suhteid ja diskursuse prosoodiat 3 (Cotterill 2001), on korpustest või-malik leida kollokatsioonimustrid, mis mõiste -siinkohal andekuse -diskursuses peidavad sotsiaalseid hoiakuid ja tähendusi (Caldas-Coulthard, Moon 2010). Eri keelte korpusandmestiku analüüs võimaldab võrrelda uuritavat mõistet märkivate sõnade kultuurikontekstile omaseid tähendusi ja luua seoseid kvalitatiivse uuringu valimisse kaasatud fenomeni sidusrühmade mõiste kirjeldustega.…”

“…2 Tõlgitsema (ingl construe; vt Halliday 2005) levinud sünonüüm on konstrueerima, mis aga ei anna edasi "mõtete sõnastamise" sisu ja tähendust (vrd construct); tõlgendama vaste on to interpret. 3 Diskursuse prosoodia on teksti konteksti arvestav seos, mille kohaselt saab sõna tähendusvärvingu, kuna tal on tendents esineda koos positiivset või negatiivset tundetooni kandvate sõnadega (Cotterill 2001).…”

Tradução, padrões e nuances: um estudo de Linguística de Corpus sobre diferentes prosódias semânticas na língua fonte e na língua alvo

“…Para tanto, estudamos sete itens lexicais analisados anteriormente por Coterril (2001), em inglês, que também ocorreram nos 162 textos jornalísticos do corpus paralelo desta pesquisa, formado por dados originalmente escritos em inglês (língua fonte) e traduzidos para o português (língua-alvo). As ferramentas Alinhador, Concordanciador Paralelo (CEPRIL, LAEL, PUC-SP) e WordSmith Tools 4 (SCOTT, 2004) foram usadas para a organização e o processamento dos dados.…”

“…PALAVRAS-CHAVE: prosódia semântica; tradução; linguística de corpus ABSTRACT: This article aims to discuss the importance of semantic prosody in translation. Therefore, we present the analysis of seven lexical items previously studied in English by Coterril (2001) which also occurred in our parallel corpus (English-Portuguese) composed by 162 journalistic texts. The methodology included data submitted to Alinhador Paralelo, Concordanciador Paralelo (CEPRIL, LAEL, PUC-SP) and WordSmith Tools 4 (SCOTT, 2004).…”

Semantic Prosodies and Frame Semantics in Media Discourse: A Case Study of the Ubiquitous Mayhem in the Iraqi City of Kirkuk

“…Hence, in order for researchers, such as Salama (2011) and Cotterill (2001), to use semantic prosody in critical research, critical discourse analysis (CDA) has also to be utilised in order to analyse the linguistic output of the prosodies.…”