ChapterOneIntroduction
1.1Introduction
1.2TheRationaleofthePresentStudy
1.3TheResearchObjectiveandQuestions
1.4ObjectoftheResearch
1.5LayoutoftheStudy
ChapterTwoLiteratureReview
2.1Introduction
2.2StudiesonLanguageInteraction
2.3AcademicStudiesonWitnessStatementsintheLaw
2.4ForensicLinguisticStudiesonLanguageEvidence
2.5PsychologicalStudiesonWitnessTestimony
2.6NarrativeStudiesonWitnessStatement
2.7Summary
ChapterThreeTheoreticalFramework
3.1Introduction
3.2GenreStructureofWitnessStatementsofChineseCriminalCases
3.3NarrativeNatureofWitnessStatementsofChineseCriminalCases
3.4CategoriesofEmpiricalFactorsAccordingtoContextualCorrelates
3.5TheTheoreticalFramework
3.6MethodsandProcedures
ChapterFourStructureandNatureofWitnessStatements
4.1Introduction
4.2StructureandNatureofWitnessStatements
4.3NarrativeVarietiesintheSecondaryRealityCore
4.4Summary
ChapterFiveFactorsandTheirEffectsonWitnessStatements
5.1Introduction
5.2Involvement
5.3Age
5.4QuestionType
5.5Violence
5.6Post-eventInformation
5.7ExposureTime
5.8Summarv
ChapterSixEffectsofMulti-factorsonWitnessStatements
6.1Introduction
6.2AgeandQuestionType
6.3InvolvementandViolence
6.4ViolenceandExposureTime
6.5Post-eventInformationandInvolvement
6.6QuestionTypeandPost-eventInformation
6.7Summary
ChapterSevenConclusion
7.1SummaryofthePresentStudy
7.2MajorFindings
7.3Conclusions
7.4Implications
7.5Limitations
7.6SuggestionsforFurtherResearch
Appendix
Appendix1ParticipantAnalysisoftheSuspect'sStatement
Appendix2ParticipantAnalysisoftheFemaleVictim'sStatement
Appendix3ParticipantAnalysisoftheMaleVictim'sStatement
Appendix4ParticipantAnalysisofBy-standerWitness'Statement
Appendix5ActiveCausalAgentAnalysisinSuspectA'sStatement
Appendix6ActiveCausalAgentAnalysisinSuspectB'sStatement
Appendix7Case-irrelevantInformationinDifferentViolenceDegrees
Appendix8Suspect'sExpressionsConcerningViolence
Appendix9GeneralCategoriesofSuspects'LanguageStrategies
Appendix10Victims'ExpressionsConcerningViolence
Appendix11By-standerWitnesses'ExpressionsConcerningViolence
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