A Forensic Linguistics Analysis of Senate Investigations on the Matter of People’s Initiative in the Philippines: Language Crimes in Focus
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Critical Discourse Analysis, Language Crime, People’s Initiative, Philippines, Violations of MaximsAbstract
This critical discourse analysis aims to expose the violations of the standards and guidelines of conversation specifically in the context of senate investigations on the matter of People’s Initiative in the Philippines. Moreover, this study delved into the violations of maxims within the premise of cooperative principle conceptualized by Grice. This study utilized a qualitative research design using forensic linguistics through critical discourse analysis, with corpus linguistics of two 4-hour length senate investigation videos which focus on spoken legal language. The findings revealed the frequency of violations of the four maxims within the analyzed corpora as follows: 23% on the maxim of quality, 23% on the maxim of quantity, 34% on the maxim of relevance, and 20% on the maxim of manner. This finding signifies the complexities of linguistic behavior within the analyzed corpora and offers insights into the discourse surrounding People’s Initiative in the Philippines.
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