Wellman Kondowe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6707520 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wellman Kondowe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wellman |
| FAMILY NAME | Kondowe |
| SIGNATURE | KONDOWE W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mzuzu University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2500-4580 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Language and Voice Loss during Cross-Examination in Malawi’s Criminal Court Proceedings
Unintentional insincerity in witnesses’ discourse strategies in the Malawian criminal justice system
While previous studies have focused on intentional insincerity as a form of deliberate and wilful behaviour not to cooperate with the questions asked by lawyers, this study introduces the concept of ‘unintentional insincerity’, focusing on the language behaviours of prosecution witnesses in eight criminal trials in Malawi. The study uses Kondowe’s principle of believability as the theoretical backbone to examine how these language behaviours reve…
Narrative navigation in legal persuasion: A rhetorical analysis of lawyers’ affidavits and skeleton arguments for appellate relief in criminal cases in Malawi
Narrative navigation and lawyers’ use of linguistic persuasion in affidavits and skeleton arguments for appellant relief in criminal cases remains one of the under-researched areas in the field of language and law. This is a phase at which lawyers have the opportunity to influence the judicial decision-making process through their ability to persuade the appellate judge to believe their version of the case to be the true version. The argument cho…
Acculturative Stress and Socio-Demographic Influences: A Comparative Study of Asian and African International Students in China
International students often face challenges in adapting to new living and learning environments. This study investigated the levels of acculturative stress and its contributing factors among Asian and African international students in five internationally recognized universities in Wuhan, Hubei. A total of 243 students participated in the study, completing a questionnaire based on an adapted version of the Acculturative Stress Scale for Internat…
Insincerity in lawyers’ questioning strategies in Malawian criminal courtroom discourse
This paper introduces a new perspective on analysing courtroom insincerity by focusing on questions asked by lawyers in the Malawi criminal justice system. The study aimed at examining the linguistic tools of tracing insincerity in lawyers’ questions; the varying degrees of insincerity in defence and prosecution lawyers and their rationale for making such choices. The study argues that courtroom setting is a war zone where different parties have …
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Insincerity in lawyers’ questioning strategies in Malawian criminal courtroom discourse
This paper introduces a new perspective on analysing courtroom insincerity by focusing on questions asked by lawyers in the Malawi criminal justice system. The study aimed at examining the linguistic tools of tracing insincerity in lawyers’ questions; the varying degrees of insincerity in defence and prosecution lawyers and their rationale for making such choices. The study argues that courtroom setting is a war zone where different parties have …
Acculturative Stress and Socio-Demographic Influences: A Comparative Study of Asian and African International Students in China
International students often face challenges in adapting to new living and learning environments. This study investigated the levels of acculturative stress and its contributing factors among Asian and African international students in five internationally recognized universities in Wuhan, Hubei. A total of 243 students participated in the study, completing a questionnaire based on an adapted version of the Acculturative Stress Scale for Internat…
Unintentional insincerity in witnesses’ discourse strategies in the Malawian criminal justice system
While previous studies have focused on intentional insincerity as a form of deliberate and wilful behaviour not to cooperate with the questions asked by lawyers, this study introduces the concept of ‘unintentional insincerity’, focusing on the language behaviours of prosecution witnesses in eight criminal trials in Malawi. The study uses Kondowe’s principle of believability as the theoretical backbone to examine how these language behaviours reve…
Narrative navigation in legal persuasion: A rhetorical analysis of lawyers’ affidavits and skeleton arguments for appellate relief in criminal cases in Malawi
Narrative navigation and lawyers’ use of linguistic persuasion in affidavits and skeleton arguments for appellant relief in criminal cases remains one of the under-researched areas in the field of language and law. This is a phase at which lawyers have the opportunity to influence the judicial decision-making process through their ability to persuade the appellate judge to believe their version of the case to be the true version. The argument cho…
Language and Voice Loss during Cross-Examination in Malawi’s Criminal Court Proceedings
Political science (4 works) · Criminal court (3 works) · Criminal justice (3 works) · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · International law (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Law (2 works)