13 July 2009
Closings
Posted by bsypniewski under: surroundings .
Closings This paper, published in the 2004 “Hard Science Linguistics”, Yngve and Wasik, is an analysis of some aspects of a typical criminal trial in the state of New Jersey (USA). The paper describes counsels’ closing arguments, a typical charge to the jury, and some aspects of jury interaction. The purpose of the study is to test Austin’s idea of performative utterances (as is my paper “Lottery Betting” also uploaded on this site), in this case, Austin’s verdictive. The study concludes that Austin’s notion is not scientific although it does anticipate some finding of HSL.
Sypniewski, Bernard. 2004. Closings. Hard Science Linguistics, Yngve and Wasik Click here for the PDF: hsltrial03a.pdf