Linguistic analysis of gender asymmetry in courtroom interaction discourse. Analysis of questioning strategies in domestic violence trials in Italy
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- Novella Benedetti (ES) Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-3875
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L’article propose une analyse des stratégies d’interrogation dans les procès pour violence domestique en Italie. Il vise à comparer l’interrogatoire des plaignantes et des défendeurs afin de déterminer s’il existe une asymétrie de genre (traitement entre les sexes). L’ensemble des données collectées comprend trois cas impliquant quatre audiences où les plaignantes étaient des témoins et quatre où les défendeurs étaient des témoins. L’analyse s’appuie sur Archer (2005) et Mortensen (2020) et est réalisée grâce à une analyse quantitative (prise de parole, mots prononcés, nombre moyen de mots par tour) et qualitative (types de questions morphosyntaxiques). Les résultats quantitatifs montrent que les plaignantes se voient poser plus de questions et parlent moins. En ce qui concerne les questions, lors de l’interrogatoire direct, des questions à contrôle élevé sont davantage posées aux défendeurs ; lors du contre-interrogatoire, c’est l’inverse. D’après ces résultats, on peut dire qu’il existe une situation d’asymétrie de genre.
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