Language struggle in a diglossic setting
Giorgos Georgiou
Broschiertes Buch

Language struggle in a diglossic setting

Code-switching and power in the court

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of code-switching between Standard Modern Greek (SMG) and Cypriot Greek (CG) within the setting of Cypriot court proceedings. Specifically, an effort was made to examine the formation of impressions or language attitudes about witnesses by the presiding judges as a consequence of language alternation and dependent on the code in which witnesses chose to express themselves. Furthermore, the study aimed at focusing on Critical Discourse Analysis in verbal court interactions in such a way as to illuminate possible intentions or motivation...