RT journal article
T1 Linguistic analysis of gender asymmetry in courtroom interaction discourse. Analysis of questioning strategies in domestic violence trials in Italy
T2 Análisis lingüístico de la asimetría  de  género  en  la interacción oral en la sala   de   vistas.   Análisis   de  las  estrategias  de  interrogatorio  en  los  juicios por violencia doméstica en Italia
A1 Benedetti, Novella
K1 forensic linguistics
K1 gender asymmetries
K1 courtroom interaction discourse
K1 domestic violence trials
K1 Italy
K1 lingüística  forense
K1 asimetrías  de  género
K1 interacción en tribunales
K1 juicios por violencia doméstica
K1 Italia
K1 linguistique  judiciaire
K1 asymétries  de  genre
K1 interaction  dans  la  salle  d”audience
K1 procès pour violence domestique
K1 Italie
AB The article conducts an exploratory analysis ofquestioning strategies in Italiantrials of domestic violence cases.The aim is to compare the questioning of complainants (survivors) and defendants (alleged aggressors) to determine whethergender asymmetry exists (i.e.,differences in the treatment ofcomplainants and defendants).The dataset collected includesthree cases involving four hearings where complainants andfour where defendants were witnesses. The analysis builds onArcher (2005) and Mortensen(2020) and is carried out through a quantitative (turn-taking,words spoken, average numberof words per turn) and qualitative (morphosyntactic questiontypes) analysis. Quantitativeresults show that complainantsare asked more questions andcan speak less in their answers.Regarding their morphologicalquestion types, in direct examination, high-control questiontypes are asked more to defendants; in cross-examination,the opposite occurs. Accordingto these findings, it may be saidthat a situation of gender asymmetry exists.
PB Editorial Uca
SN 1133-682X
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37751
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37751
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026