Hedging used in courtroom scenes appearing in the American movies

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Name: Jantakarn Hansri

LCSH: Burapha University.Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Abstract: The purposes of this study were to investigate English language forms and functions of hedging appearing in courtroom scenes of American movies. Additionally, this study examined the differences between male and female characters of witness and defendant regarding to the use of hedging in courtroom scenes. Twenty movies were randomly selected and courtroom scenes were focused where turn taking between lawyers and witnesses/defendants occurred. Forms of hedging proposed by Fraser (2010) and functions of hedging proposed by Prince, Frader and Bosk (1982) were employed as frameworks to analyze the collected data in this study. The results indicated that the highest frequency of occurrence of English language forms of hedging was adjectives/adverbs (29.34%), followed by epistemic verbs (22.78%) and introductory phrase (14.67%) used by the characters of witness and defendant in courtroom scenes. Also, regarding English language functions of hedging, it was revealed that the highest frequency of occurrence was plausibility shields (67.57%), followed by adaptors (22.01%). However, there were no differences between male and female characters of witness and defendant on the use of hedging

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Name: Suchada Rattanawanitpun

Role: Principal advisor

Name: Somboon Chetchumlong

Role: Co-advisor

Created: 2018

Modified: 2565-02-02

Issued: 2020-06-09

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DegreeName: Master of Arts

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: English for communication

Grantor: Burapha University

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