Abstract
The current study is conducted to investigate the discourse markers used in courtroom discourse. It aims to identify the discourse markers used in the data under scrutiny and state the functions of such discourse markers. It hypothesizes that interjections are mostly used in the two selected episodes, and discourse markers are utilized to help keep the segments of the discourse coherent. Data is taken from a well-known TV show entitled “Caught in Providence” Providence municipal courthouse in which episodes, under question, are posted on the official account of Facebook. The results of the current study arrive at a variety of conclusions: discourse markers used to relate fragmentations of the discourse, the discourse markers “and” and “so” are vastly used in the present study in comparison to other ones, most of the discourse markers used initially to prepare what to be said next by the speaker, and finally, They are used to give clues about the structures of the discourse.
Keywords
Discourse markers, Courtroom, Episode, Caught in providence
Recommended Citation
Yaseen, Karrar Salim
(2025)
"Discourse Markers in Courtroom Language,"
Uruk for Humanities: Vol. 18:
Iss.
1, Article 18.
Available at:
https://muthuruk.researchcommons.org/journal/vol18/iss1/18
