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September 16, 2025Discourse StudiesOpen Access

The defendant’s dilemma: Being cooperative without compromising their defence

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YCYan ChenAJAlison JohnsonPDPaul Drew

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Overview

Analysis reveals defendants balance defensive and cooperative strategies in language, indicating negotiation skills in trials.

Key Points

  • Defendants use language strategies to balance cooperation and defense, leading to a successful navigation of trials.
  • Key language features include negation and narration, highlighting the complexity of defendants' responses.
  • Corpus linguistic analysis and conversation analysis uncover the methods defendants employ to manage the courtroom dynamics.
  • Effective negotiation of the dilemma is essential for defendants to maintain a defense while appearing cooperative.

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Chen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d454c531b076d99fa5a232https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456251363733
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