William M. O'Ban and John M. Conle, When a juror Watches a Lawyer
Talking about the trustworthy witness - thus features of the "legal" language: "The subjects rated the witness speaking in, the powerless style significantly less favorably in terms of such evaluative characteristics as believability, intelligence, competence, likability and assertiveness." "Since most juries are assigned the task of deciding upon relative credibility of witnesses whose various pieces of testimony are not entirely consistent, speech factors which may affect a witness's credibility may be critical factors in the overall chemistry of the trial courtrooms" - they thus choose the language closer to the authority language. Interesting that all the description of the trustworthy language is made with -able adjectives, meaning the potential to be true but not necessarily.
Talking about the trustworthy witness - thus features of the "legal" language: "The subjects rated the witness speaking in, the powerless style significantly less favorably in terms of such evaluative characteristics as believability, intelligence, competence, likability and assertiveness." "Since most juries are assigned the task of deciding upon relative credibility of witnesses whose various pieces of testimony are not entirely consistent, speech factors which may affect a witness's credibility may be critical factors in the overall chemistry of the trial courtrooms" - they thus choose the language closer to the authority language. Interesting that all the description of the trustworthy language is made with -able adjectives, meaning the potential to be true but not necessarily.
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