ENGLISH 3G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Syllogism, Jargon
16 Apr 2017
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At the time, it was thought that crime was rooted in language. Criminal jargon: there was a way in which criminals talked. Criminals have a faulty reason that is why they are criminals. They"re using syllogistic reasoning which has an a, b, c type structure (the three parts are major, minor and conclusion) People in prison were drunk all the time. This causes disorder and there is no connection b/w emotion and action. People picked up from newgate a criminal language and impression which causes criminality within the society. Making language pure was a way of social reform because of the anxieties surrounding the criminal language coming out of newgate. 193-194: moll is wrongly accused of being a thief but now she wasn"t the one who stole but she is still a criminal overall and the actual thief escapes. No possibility for justice b/c of the linguistic uncertainty. The whole process is shown as being bankrupt.
