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wide-reaching than just the courtroom interaction in this case. Indeed such lin-
guistic strategies are used as mechanisms by the state in the reproduction of its
neocolonial control over the movements of Aboriginal young people.

Transcription conventions

– underlining indicates utterance emphasis
– CAPITALS indicate raised volume
– (p) before an utterance indicates that it is spoken in a low volume
– = indicates latched utterances, i.e. no pause between the end of one utterance
and the start of the next
– a number in parentheses indicates the length of a pause in seconds, e.g. (3.2)
– a dash – indicates a very short untimed pause within an utterance
– a square bracket [indicates both the start of an interruption and the utterance
which is interrupted
– the following abbreviations are also used in the transcripts:
DC = defence counsel M = magistrate
P = prosecutor W = witness

All personal names in this paper are pseudonyms, with the exception of Robyn
Kina, whose case has been widely discussed in the Australian media.

Notes

1. This paper draws on some of my previous work in Eades (1996, 2002, 2003, 2004a,
2004b). I am grateful to Michael Cooke for many helpful discussions about language
and power in the legal system, and to Jeff Siegel for helpful comments on the draft.

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Cunneen, Chris
2001 Conflict, Politics and Crime: Aboriginal Communities and the Police.
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