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3. The Ideological Purpose which Underlies the Discourse Production
The analysis of various topics and discursive strategies reveals the ideology of exclusion. This ideology underlies the discourse production of the
defense lawyer Haller because he intends to influence the judge to put the victim, the
prosecutor’s witness and the prosecutor on blacklist from the trial in this case. This is done by attaching negative attributes to them such as a
liar, the real predator, and cunning person. A closer examination of the topics and discursive strategies indicate that
the words and sentences chosen are consistently used to denote a concept which serves an ideological purpose of blacklisting the adversary. Haller
depicts the victim, prosecutor ’s witnesses, police and the prosecutor as the
party who conducted skulduggery during the judicial process. By this reason, they need to be blacklisted or excluded from the trial.
B. Discussion
1. Semantic macrostructure or Topics which are emphasized in Haller’s
utterances during the courtroom trial.
This step is concerned with a careful examination on the utterances of the main character. The examination aims to identify the topics, or macro
structures. It defines the speaker’s intention as the most important information
or opinions. It deals with the representation of self and other. Therefore, the focus of analysis is on what is presented as the most salient in his utterances
during direct and cross examination. It is done in order to reveal the topic
50 which is delivered by Haller about the representation of his client and the
adversaries. The lead words and sentences in the dialogue between Haller and his
adversaries during the trial are examined. This examination aims to discern what issuestopics which are emphasized by the defense lawyer, what
ideological implications are there from those topics, and what discursive strategies are employed to construct ideological representations of events in
relation to the adversaries state along with the police, DA, opposing witness, and the prosecutor.
The topics of the selected utterances of defense lawy ers’ character which
emerged in the analysis are presented below.
a. Topics of the adversaries representation.
1 The police, District Attorney DA, and the Prosecutor
The topics of other-representation dealing with representation of the adversaries, such as police, DA, and the prosecutor as the party who break the
system of justice appear explicit by the examination of the leading words and sentences of the following dialogue. The examination is given below with
wordings in bold. a
The Police justify the action of the victim who has counterfeited her testimony.
The topics or the most important ideas proposes by the defense lawyer to the juries and the judge are revealed from the cross examination addressed to
detective Booker. The topicthe important idea can be seen as follows.
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