REPRESENTATIVE FORMS AND SPEECH GENRES OF UKRAINIAN JUDICIAL DISCOURSE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the definition of linguo-pragmatic parameters of judicial discourse, in particular, formal aspects and types of speech genres are emphasized. Oral and written forms of judicial discourse functioning are considered. The main speech genres of the Ukrainian judicial discourse are singled out and characterized. Genres such as: instruction, announcement, petition, confirmation / denial, interrogation, court speech, court decision were analyzed. It has been proven that the announcement is a monologue speech of a regulatory nature that opens and ends the judicial session; the instruction is a regulatory detailed response of professional participants in the court process; the motion is a request for the involvement of additional information, unknown before the direct consideration of the case in the court process; confirmation / refutation is an argumentative interpretation and commentary on the course of the court session for the direct participants; the interrogation covers the questioning-relevant interaction between the main participants in the judicial process; a court speech is a reasoned presentation of a position in the form of a monologue; a court decision is a monologue speech of a judge, which has a verdictive character.