LING 1100 Lecture 17: LING 1100 – Language and Law.docx
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1975 birmingham six bombing case (uk): pragmatic analysis of a disputed confession showed that the repeated reference to white plastic (carrier) bags was pragmatically bizarre (coulthard and johnson 2007: 130): s walker was carrying two white plastic carrier bags s hunter was carrying three white plastic carrier bags s richard was carrying one white plastic carrier bag s walker gave me one of the white plastic bags s hughie gave j. walker his white plastic bag Police: i put it to you that you actually went into the kitchen and helped drag in wayne gibson one of the bouncers s suspect: no way s police: all our witnesses say that you slammed it [a shop door, breaking the glass] the second time again s suspect: aw well (0. 3) i that"s what they say s police: you"ve got nothing to say to that s suspect: nup.
