Basir, Muhamad (2014) A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER’S UTTERANCES PORTRAYED IN THE LINCOLN LAWYER NOVEL. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This study aims to analyze the language of Michael Haller as the criminal defense lawyer character in The Lincoln Lawyer novel. The objectives of the study are (1) to identify and to give descriptive knowledge of the topics which are emphasized in Haller’s utterances in each cross and direct examination during the trial in the courtroom; (2) to explain what and how discursive strategies are employed by Haller in shattering and reversing the adversary claim, as well as legitimating his claims; and (3) to reveal the ideological purpose that underlies the discourse production. The study applied the descriptive qualitative method with the researcher as the main instrument and the data sheets as the secondary instrument. The discussion was presented in a descriptive way. Meanwhile, tables were used to strengthen the findings and help the researcher to draw inferences. The data were utterances in the form of words, phrase, and sentence spoken by Haller during the trial. After being collected, the data were categorized and analyzed based on van Dijk’s approach of CDA. To gain the trustworthiness of the data in this study, triangulations and interrater technique were applied. This study reveals some findings: First, the defense lawyer attempts to influence the judge and jurors that his client is an innocent person. On the contrary, the victim is the real criminal and the prosecutor is the active agent who actually helps the real criminal to sue the defendant for money. It is done by asserting topics of positive self-representation and negative other-representation. Second, the strategies to shatter previous claim serves by the prosecutor as well as legitimating the defense lawyer’s claim are done by the use of linguistic elements such as semantics, syntax, stylistics, and rhetoric. They are used as discursive strategies. The stylistic of lexicon is the most often element which is applied. On the other hand, the semantic of disclaimer is the rarest element which is applied. Moreover, the researcher does not find any metaphor/simile of rhetoric element as the discursive strategy. Last, the analysis of various topics and discursive strategies reveals that words, sentences, and discourse are chosen to represent the adversaries ideologically as the negative other which is consistently used to serve the ideology of exclusion.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CDA, discursive strategies, stylistic of lexicon |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2015 06:52 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 21:44 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/17629 |
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