Start date:
October 2023Research Topic:
Domestic Abuse in the Courtroom: A corpus-aided discourse analysis of the construction of victimhood at trialResearch pathway:
IeithyddiaethResearch Supervisor:
Dr Dawn Knight and Dr Chris HefferSupervising school:
Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth, Prifysgol CaerdyddPrimary funding source:
ESRC DTP StudentshipThis research project explores the linguistic representation of domestic abuse in the courtroom, by examining how witnesses and trial lawyers discursively (co)construct victimhood in two key trial genres: witness examinations and opening and closing statements. More broadly, this project aims to determine the extent to which domestic abuse myths and stereotypes, particularly those pertaining to victimhood, are ingrained within trial discourse.
E-bost:
brookesc8@cardiff.ac.uk