chapter one introduction1.1 introduction1.2 the rationale of the present study1.3 the research objective and questions1.4 object of the research1.5 layout of the studychapter two literature review2.1 introduction2.2 studies on language interaction2.3 academic studies on witness statements in the law2.4 forensic linguistic studies on language evidence2.5 ychological studies on witness testimony2.6 narrative studies on witness statement2.7 summarychapter three theoretical framework3.1 introduction3.2 genre structure of witness statements of chinese criminal cases3.3 narrative nature of witness statements of chinese criminal cases3.4 categories of empirical factors accor to contextual correlates3.5 the theoretical framework3.6 methods and procedureschapter four structure and nature of witness statements4.1 introduction4.2 structure and nature of witness statements4.3 narrative varieties in the secondary reality core4.4 summarychapter five factors and their effects on witness statements5.1 introduction5.2 involvement5.3 age5.4 question type5.5 violence5.6 t-event information5.7 exure time5.8 summarv chapter six effects of multi-factors on witness statements6.1 introduction6.2 age and question type6.3 involvement and violence6.4 violence and exure time6.5 t-event information and involvement6.6 question type and t-event information6.7 summarychapter seven conclusion7.1 summary of the present study7.2 major fins7.3 conclusions7.4 implications7.5 limitations7.6 suggestions for further researchappendixappendix 1 participant analysis of the suspects statementappendix 2 participant analysis of the female victims statementappendix 3 participant analysis of the male victims statementappendix 4 participant analysis of by-stander witness statementappendix 5 active causal agent analysis in suspect as statementappendix 6 active causal agent analysis in suspect bs statementappendix 7 case-irrelevant information in different violence degreesappendix 8 suspects expressions concerning violenceappendix 9 general categories of suspects language strategiesappendix 10 victims expressions concerning violenceappendix 11 by-stander witnesses expressions concerning violencebibliography
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