A Piece of Judge’s Speech: India’s Harish Salve Argues Case for Kulbhushan Jadhav (a Forensic Linguistic Study)

Abstract

Forensic Linguistics became famous when a linguist named Jan Startvik uncovered a murder case in his report entitled The Evans Statements: A Case for Forensic Linguistics in 1968. The aim research is to described a judge’s speech: India’s Harish Salve argues case for Kulbhushan Jadhav (A Forensic Linguistic study). This research used descriptive qualitative method. This study used lexical semantics (verbal communication such as sounds,words, language and speech) in visual media. This research method used qualitative by describing the data. The result shows that the attorney is attempting to learn more about the witness who testified that contributions are permissible in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 52 of 1995 and Regional Regulation No. 8 of 1995. Where the witness will implicitly recollect the incident and the legal grounds upon why he issued the policy. The terminology used in the preceding paragraph was the most intriguing aspect. It contains explicit language and an introduction before posing the question. And it appeared quite confusing. This was intended to disrupt the witness's concentration. So that the judge can determine if the witness answered the question tentatively or confidently. If there is uncertainty, the witness will likely feel uncertain or will make a false statement.