ANT329H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Relation, Hypercorrection, Determinative
Document Summary
Law, language and power: failure to treat people equally must lie in the daily details, not in the legality anymore. Merger between sociolinguistics and law and society"s focus: the revictimization of rape victims : not the recall of the sexual history (reformed) but rather in the linguistic details of common cross-examination strategies (matoesian). Use of silence, question form limiting the answers, topic management by questioning, commentary on the witness"s behavior, challenging the witness"s capacity for knowledge ( epistemological filters ). A sexual double-bind (too emotive or too cold): the language of mediation : structure of mediation : arguments have to be heard and there is a third part. An only theoretical neutrality: speaking of patriarchy : a gender bias in judging credibility and defining narrative coherence, rooted into language. Preference for male epistemology: a natural history of disputing : naming, blaming, claiming. Often understood from one"s own point of view only.
