A Contrastive Rhetoric Analysis of Three Court Decisions in American, Philippine, and Indonesian Englishes

Autor/inn/en	Hernandez, Hjalmar Punla; Genuino, Cecilia F.
Titel	A Contrastive Rhetoric Analysis of Three Court Decisions in American, Philippine, and Indonesian Englishes
Quelle	In: Journal of English as an International Language, 12 (2017) 2, S.1-31 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1718-2298
Schlagwörter	Contrastive Linguistics; Court Litigation; Language Variation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; North American English; Cultural Influences; English for Special Purposes; Legal Education (Professions); Foreign Countries; Decision Making; Philippines; Indonesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Rechtsstreit; Sprachenvielfalt; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Amerikanisches Englisch; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Juristischer Beruf; Ausland; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Philippinen; Indonesien
Abstract	The study was a humble attempt at cross-analyzing court decisions drafted in American, Philippine, and Indonesian Englishes in the perspective of world Englishes (WEs). Using the contrastive genre analysis framework of Le, Kui, and Ying-Long (2008), and Cheng, Sin, and Li (2008), the study examined three authentic court decisions taken from the Kachruvian inner, outer, and expanding Englishes, namely, American English, Philippine English, and Indonesian English. The data were analyzed three times in terms of (1) rhetorical segments and functions, and (2) moves and segments. In the level of rhetorical segments and functions, results revealed that (1) the three court decisions exhibited more similarities than differences. On the other hand, (2) the legal texts displayed certain moves and steps, regular with and distinct from each other. Furthermore, certain linguistic characteristics of the court decisions were also revealed. Cultures of the inner, outer, and expanding circles embedded in the discourse of the three court decisions were exposed. In conclusion, legal cultures through the lens of WEs have the potential of uncovering the underlying roots of court decisions as legal genre. It is, therefore, recommended that resilient initiatives in studying English for Legal Purposes (ELP) must be undertaken to thrive such field to a definite level of critical contrastive rhetoric with respect to WEs. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01