Exploring Textual Function Realization in Corruption Courtroom Discourse

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.200306.001How to use a DOI?

Keywords

textual function, Theme-Rheme, markedness

Abstract

This study deals with exploring the use of textual function in corruption courtroom discourse realized by Theme-Rheme structure in a clause uttered by judge, prosecutors, witness, and defender. Qualitative method was employed as the research design. The data were in the form of clauses gained from corruption courtroom discourse in Medan district court, Indonesia. The findings reveal that marked and unmarked themes were realized in the data. It is concluded that the sensitivity in choosing the markedness of theme is significant to be noted by judge, prosecutors, and others involved in the courtroom discourse since the creativity in conveying the utterances could be used to hide and blur the meaning.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - T. Silvana Sinar
AU  - T. Thyrhaya Zein
AU  - Nurlela
AU  - Muhammad Yusuf
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/11
TI  - Exploring Textual Function Realization in Corruption Courtroom Discourse
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on English Language and Teaching (ICOELT 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200306.001
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200306.001
ID  - Sinar2020
ER  -