U.S. "Friendly Fire" Bombing of Canadian Troops

Analysis of the Investigative Reports

Bibliographic Data

ID21175596
AuthorsMohammed Albakry (0000-0002-4416-6585, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume1
Issue3
Pages163-178
Publication date2004-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Inquiry in Language Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1542-7587 • E-ISSN: 1542-7595
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s15427595cils0103_3
OpenAlexW2009407311
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

This article compares two military investigative reports using the techniques of corpus linguistics and drawing on the interpretive framework provided by politeness theory and critical discourse analysis. The corpus data for the study comprise two bodies of texts investigating the Kandahar "friendly fire" incident of 17 April 2002: The U.S.-led Board of Inquiry Report and the Canadian Board of Inquiry Report. The analysis depended on interpreting the use and/or frequency of the following linguistic, pragmatic and rhetorical resources: salient terms of representation, agency, and stance markers. The main purpose was to identify the language resources by which a text expresses and negotiates attitudinal or ideological positions. The analysis reveals similar as well as different patterns in the use of many of these language resources which are motivated by the desire to enhance acceptability and insure the mutual protection of face

Corpus linguistics · Critical discourse analysis · Discourse analysis · Ideology · Linguistics · Politeness · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Salient · Social science · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Psychology

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