‘No ordinary crowd’: Foregrounding a ‘hooligan schema’ in the construction of witness narratives following the Hillsborough football stadium disaster

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Canning
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
The South ◽  
Evidence Gathering ◽  
Witness Narratives ◽  
Police Efficacy ◽  
Football Stadium

This article examines the linguistic appropriation and deflection of blame in the witness testimonies and evidence-gathering processes of the South Yorkshire Police (SYP) following the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster. It specifically focuses on patterns of stylistic features, such as negation and syntactic foregrounding, which, it is argued, function to encode alternative institutionally congruent stories. It employs schema theory to explore how a ‘hooligan’ narrative was readily invoked and accepted by the SYP. Moreover, it addresses instances of both self-incrimination and the upgrading of police efficacy within statements produced by the South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service (SYMAS), and offers a linguistic analysis that points to police involvement in the construction of the SYMAS testimonies.

scholarly journals Old Russian Graffito Inscription in the Abbey of Saint-Gilles, South of France

Slovene ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Sophie Brun ◽  
Andreas Hartmann-Virnich ◽  
Estelle Ingrand-Varenne ◽  
Savva M. Mikheev
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
The South ◽  
Archaeological Investigation ◽  
Southern France ◽  
Santiago De Compostela ◽  
Old Russian ◽  
Medieval Europe

The abbey of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard near Arles in the south of France was one of the most prominent pilgrimage sites in medieval Europe. Recent archaeological investigation has shown that construction of the abbey church, one of the most significant Romanesque pilgrimage churches in southern France, began ca. 1170/1180. The lower church (crypt) with the tomb of St. Giles (Lat. Aegidius, Fr. Gilles) and some of the walls of the upper church belong to that period. A well-preserved Cyrillic graffito was discovered on a pier of the upper church, close to the spot where the tomb of St. Giles is located in the crypt below. The text contains a prayer with a common formula: GI POMЪZI | RABU SVЪ|EMU SЬMKЪ|VI NINOSLA|VICHIU ‘Lord, help your servant Semko, son of Ninoslav.’ Palaeographic and linguistic analysis shows that the graffito is of Russian origin. It was probably made at some time between 1180 and 1250 by a pilgrim travelling from Russia to Santiago de Compostela, and it is the most geographically remote Old Russian graffito inscription discovered so far in western Europe.

scholarly journals A linguistic analysis of Heikki Ojansuu’s phonograph recordings of Kraasna

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-390
Author(s):  
Tobias Weber
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The South ◽  
Language Data ◽  
Present Description

The South Estonian Kraasna subdialect was spoken until the first half of the 20th century by a now vanished community in Krasnogorodsk, Russia. All linguistic descriptions to date are based on textual sources, mostly manuscripts from Heikki Ojansuu’s 1911/12 and 1914 fieldwork. Ojansuu’s phonograph recordings were thought to be lost by previous researchers and remained unused. The rediscovery of these recordings allows for the first analysis of Kraasna based on spoken language data, closing gaps in the description and enabling further research. This description follows a theory-neutral and framework-free approach, while respecting traditions in Estonian linguistics and linking the results to research in Estonian dialectology. It provides key information on the Kraasna subdialect based on the corpus – phonology, morphology, syntax – despite being restricted to the phonograph recordings. Future research can expand on these points and build on the present description. Kokkuvõte. Tobias Weber: Heikki Ojansuu Kraasna murraku fonogrammide lingvistiline analüüs. Venemaal Pihkva oblastis Krasnogorodski ümbruses elanud Kraasna maarahvas rääkis lõunaeestipärast Kraasna murrakut 20. sajandi esimese pooleni. Kõik keeleteaduslikud käsitlused Kraasna murra- kust on siiani kasutanud kirjalikke allikaid, enamjaolt Heikki Ojansuu 1911.– 12. ning 1914. aastal kogunud käsikirju. Ojansuu tehtud fonogrammid arvati enne käesoleva uurimistöö tegemist olevat kadunud ning sellepärast pole neid varasemad uurijad kasutanud. Taasleitud helisalvestiste abil on selles artiklis kirjeldatud Kraasna murrakut esimest korda suulise kõne andmete alusel, täites lünki eelnevates analüüsides. Siinses kirjelduses järgitakse teoreetiliselt neutraalset deskriptiivset lähenemist, samas austades Eesti keeleteaduse traditsioone ja arvestades Eesti murdeuurimise varasemate tulemustega. Artikkel esitab Kraasna fonoloogia, morfoloogia ja süntaksi kohta põhiteavet, piirdudes aga korpuspõhise uurimusena fonogrammide keeleainesega. See on aluseks järgnevatele uurimisprojektidele, mis saavad käesolevat kirjeldust lähtekohaks kasutades arendada analüüsi edasi, seda laiendades ja süvendades.

Paramedics' perceptions and experiences of NHS 111 in the south west of England

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 227-234
Author(s):  
Joel S Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interview ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
Telephone Triage ◽  
The South ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
South West ◽  
The Right ◽  
First Time ◽  
Gain Access

Background: NHS 111 is a non-emergency telephone triage service in England, where people with non-urgent health problems or questions can gain access to information and services. However, studies have demonstrated key problems with the burden it places on emergency and ambulance services. Aim: To add to the evidence base, this study explores the perceptions and experiences of paramedics who attend patients referred to the ambulance service by NHS 111. Methods: A qualitative research design was adopted and seven frontline paramedics who work in the south west of England were interviewed. Data were collected using semi-structured interview questions and thematically analysed. Findings: Key overarching themes identified included: non-clinical call handlers making clinical decisions; caution and liability; an unwarranted, increased demand on the ambulance service; inaccurate call prioritisation; and interprofessional conflict. Conclusion: Improvements need to be made to the NHS 111 service to ensure the triage software it uses is triaging and prioritising patients accurately and to minimise inappropriate referrals to the ambulance service, promoting the right care for patients the first time.

Medical professionals and parents: A linguistic analysis of communication across contexts

1986 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Tannen ◽  
Cynthia Wallat
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Schema Theory ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Cognitive Schemas ◽  
Negotiation Of Meaning ◽  
Interactional Sociolinguistics ◽  
Pediatric Case ◽  
Doctor Patient Communication ◽  
Medical Interviews

ABSTRACTThe study is based on analysis of videotaped conversation that occurred in five different settings involving various family members and medical professionals in a single pediatric case. We examine (1) the elaboration and condensation of information through spoken and written channels; (2) the negotiation of information exchanged in interactions characterized by different participant structures; and (3) the methodological benefit of examining interaction across contexts. We find that (a) information is negotiated, as well as discovered, during the medical interviews; and (b) information exchanged is often less resilient than participants' cognitive schemas which precede and apparently outlive the exchange of information in the interaction. These findings contribute to an understanding of the negotiation of meaning as well as the creation of context in interaction. (Discourse, interactional sociolinguistics, context, doctor–patient communication, spoken and written language, schema theory)

scholarly journals Experiment of the South Yakutia Toponymy’s Lexicographic Description

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 01104
Author(s):  
Elena Merkel ◽  
Lyubov Yakovleva
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Place Names ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
The South ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
Historical Information ◽  
Ancient Times

The paper considers main stages of the lexicographic description of the SouthYakutia toponymy. The authors made the classification of collected geographical names in the structural and derivational aspect. During the study, an extra-linguistic analysis of toponyms (geo-referencing, culture-historical information) was conducted. As a result, dictionary entries have been drawn up in which a denomination zone, a zone of interpretation, an etymological and word-forming zone were identified. Different maps as well as Evenk-Russian dictionaries were used as the basic sources for this research. To make the analysis easier, 900 place-names were first categorized and then situated into a special catalogue. As a result, the analysis shows the territorial majority of Evenk place-names what finally proves the wide spread of Tungus tribal people on this territory in ancient times.

The long and short of it

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-132
Author(s):  
Joshua Nash
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Memory ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
The South ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Placenames (toponyms) give insight into relationships involving people, place, and language. An exemplary placename derived from long-term engagement within the sensitive linguistic ecology of Norfolk Island in the South Pacific is used to detail how a fusing of linguistic analysis, words, and cultural memory is beneficial for what constitutes an ecolinguistic fieldwork methodology. Differences between the ethnographic method and an ecolinguistic fieldwork methodology are presented. This enduring and keyed-in commitment with Norfolk Island’s social and natural surroundings offers significant perceptiveness into and suggestions about how prolonged ecolinguistic work can be beneficial to language documentation projects, particular those incorporating lexical (word) and semantic (memory) description.

scholarly journals An introduction to the South Swedish Apparent Cleft (SSAC)

Nordlyd ◽  
10.7557/12.97 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Rosenkvist
Keyword(s):  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
The South ◽  
Corpus Study ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Direct Objects ◽  
Syntactic Properties

In this paper, the South Swedish Apparent Cleft (SSAC) is introduced, described and briefly discussed. The SSAC was first observed in the 1940s, and it has not yet been subject to any detailed linguistic analysis. The usage of the SSAC has been examined in a corpus study and via a questionnaire, and the results indicate, but do not confirm, that it truly is a specifically south Swedish syntactic construction. It appears in two main variants (with and without an adverbial expressing speaker attitude) and it displays a number of interesting syntactic properties (the subject must be pronominal, direct objects are disallowed, etc). From a typological perspective, there seem to be equivalent constructions in at least Japanese (no da) and English (it is that).

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