They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions
Besides being unjustly incarcerated, Sabrina Butler, Kristine Bunch, Ru-el Sailor and Larry DeLisle endured various forms of police mistreatment, as detailed in a collection of transcripts from the Wrongful Conviction Podcast (WCP). Understandably enough, their criminalization had a profound impact...
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description | Besides being unjustly incarcerated, Sabrina Butler, Kristine Bunch, Ru-el Sailor and Larry DeLisle endured various forms of police mistreatment, as detailed in a collection of transcripts from the Wrongful Conviction Podcast (WCP). Understandably enough, their criminalization had a profound impact on their perception of external and internal realities. Given their unique socio-demographic backgrounds, variations in the discursive patterns of their communicative interactions are anticipated. As extensively analyzed in sociolinguistics, both gender and ethnicity influence how individuals construct discourse; particularly, these traits appear to account for how the subjects under study express their emotions and opinions. This is because they are silenced and unable to directly confront their trauma; often, they are incapable of discussing their feelings or identifying those responsible for these traumatic events. Drawing on Appraisal Theory, this paper investigates the language of evaluation used in these texts taken from the WCP. To this end, our analysis of the data is performed using UAM CorpusTool. |
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spelling | doaj-art-be53543d11264197901be8733e4b3f452025-01-16T21:49:13ZengCambridge University PressLanguage and Cognition1866-98081866-98592025-01-011710.1017/langcog.2024.41They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictionsCarmen Ortega-Robles0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4164-2408Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9750-8016Departamento de Filología Inglesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartamento de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana, Universidad de Granada, Granada, SpainBesides being unjustly incarcerated, Sabrina Butler, Kristine Bunch, Ru-el Sailor and Larry DeLisle endured various forms of police mistreatment, as detailed in a collection of transcripts from the Wrongful Conviction Podcast (WCP). Understandably enough, their criminalization had a profound impact on their perception of external and internal realities. Given their unique socio-demographic backgrounds, variations in the discursive patterns of their communicative interactions are anticipated. As extensively analyzed in sociolinguistics, both gender and ethnicity influence how individuals construct discourse; particularly, these traits appear to account for how the subjects under study express their emotions and opinions. This is because they are silenced and unable to directly confront their trauma; often, they are incapable of discussing their feelings or identifying those responsible for these traumatic events. Drawing on Appraisal Theory, this paper investigates the language of evaluation used in these texts taken from the WCP. To this end, our analysis of the data is performed using UAM CorpusTool.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000413/type/journal_articleappraisal theorycritical discourse analysisethnicitygenderwrongful convictions |
spellingShingle | Carmen Ortega-Robles Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions Language and Cognition appraisal theory critical discourse analysis ethnicity gender wrongful convictions |
title | They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions |
title_full | They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions |
title_fullStr | They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions |
title_full_unstemmed | They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions |
title_short | They really, really, really don’t like to admit they made mistakes: A critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions |
title_sort | they really really really don t like to admit they made mistakes a critical discourse analysis of appraisal in wrongful convictions |
topic | appraisal theory critical discourse analysis ethnicity gender wrongful convictions |
url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000413/type/journal_article |
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