64 Discourse and Rape
lawyer through reformulating the repeated form, thereby projecting
a recontextualized version of a later event.
Phrasal Self-Repetition in Questions
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C4-TSN4:8-10, 13 (Case Number 4-Transcript of
Stenographic Notes Number 4: Pages 8-10, 13)
DL: You testified that at about midnight of April 23, 1999
while you were going home from the house of your friend, the
accused suddenly appeared in front of you, do you remember
having testified that?
NM: He suddenly emerged at the foot walk.
DL: You want to tell this Court that you were already traversing
the footwalk going to your house when the accused suddenly
appeared in front of you?
NM: Yes,sir, that is the way in going home.
DL: How far is your house from that scene in the footwalk
when the accused suddenly appeared in front of you? 15 meters?
NM: Less than that.
DL: From that place where the accused suddenly appeared in
front of you, can we see your house 15 meters away?
NM: Less than that.
DL: More or less 10 meters?
NM: Maybe.
.
.
DL: When the accused suddenly appeared in front of you, what
did you do?
NM: He held me in my arm and invited me to go.
.
.
DL: So you were totally naked when you regained
consciousness?
NM: Yes, sir, I was naked.
DL: And the accused was there in front of you?
NM: He was in front of me and lying on top of me.
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