tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post5033827938800764739..comments2024-03-18T04:20:15.987-04:00Comments on Statement Analysis ®: Kelli Bordeaux: Statement Analysis of Nicholas HolbertStatement Analysis Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-27665193789540933472012-12-02T17:14:37.226-05:002012-12-02T17:14:37.226-05:00What I notice most is the moment when he goes from...What I notice most is the moment when he goes from quoting her and his direct speech into reported speech. Up until then what he and she say is likely to be accurate. Why does he then stop quoting and start using indirect speech? Because that's where the emotion comes in. With indirect speech we are less accurate because there is more leeway. When journalists use direct quotes they can't insert or delete any words. When they use indirect speech they can use innuendo or change emphasis. It's often used to 'clean up' swear words for example which is why swear words sound amusing in indirect speech. We do it almost automatically to cut down on detail and emotion.<br /><br />I believe this is the point when he flipped out on her and screamed something along the lines of ''what? you think I'm such a ****ing loser you don't want me to know where you ****ing live?'' etc If you put the indirect speech into direct speech you realize that no-one can say those words without affect (anger, contempt or self-contempt)<br /><br />The change in language tells you when he started to do and say what he can't own. So guilty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-5367113800398275302012-12-02T16:45:27.410-05:002012-12-02T16:45:27.410-05:00Direct speech:
to her
''I figure you don...<br />Direct speech: <br /><br />to her<br />''I figure you don't want me to see where you ''etc<br /><br />or <br /><br />Indirect speech (related what has been said without speech marks)<br /><br />I said I figured she didn't want me to see where etc<br /><br />When direct speech becomes indirect, ie is related in an account without using quotes, the original tense goes back one tense in time.<br /><br />direct speech:<br /><br />''It's raining''<br /><br />indirect speech<br /><br />She said it was raining. <br /><br />I hope this makes it clearer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-21923356977873109222012-12-02T16:37:24.371-05:002012-12-02T16:37:24.371-05:00I don't agree. He's relating what he claim...I don't agree. He's relating what he claims he said to her (reported or indirect speech) = I said I figured she etc. Sometimes this is clearer with the 'that' used between the reporting verb and speech being reported.<br /><br />If he dropped the ''I said'' it wouldn't be incorrect grammar. It would just mean he was relating his thoughts to the interviewer, rather than relating what he claims to have said to the victim.<br /><br />I love your blog but feel your analysis is hampered by your difficulties with grammar :-( <br />In this case you have actually added a comma to make your own sense of a construct and changed the meaning! <br /><br />It matters. Him saying this kind of stuff to her is deeply creepy and her reaction to it may be relevant to what he later did.<br /><br />Ps who's = who is<br /> whose = belonging to<br /> <br />It's pedantic perhaps but it does matter in a blog about <br />analyzing language. Surely?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-25017255921955514312012-11-20T08:54:22.180-05:002012-11-20T08:54:22.180-05:00There is a lot of " I said,She said" in ...There is a lot of " I said,She said" in his statement, i was wondering if maybe that was sensitive to him,making a point that there was a two way mutual conversation.John Mc Gowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430624388902099338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-19063443574743765662012-11-20T02:21:39.423-05:002012-11-20T02:21:39.423-05:00OMGoodness, this is amazing.OMGoodness, this is amazing.drdebonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-67650260496628564472012-11-19T20:03:23.092-05:002012-11-19T20:03:23.092-05:00"As soon as you drive into the entrance to Me..."As soon as you drive into the entrance to Meadowbrook, she said stop right here," Holbert said. "So I stopped and she said, 'I'll walk home.' I said, 'Are you sure?' She said, 'Yeah.' I said I figured she didn't want me to know where she lived, or somebody was there and she didn't want to be seen together."<br />__________<br /><br />"So I stopped and she said, 'I'll walk home."<br /><br />[Please note that "so, since, therefore, because, to," <br />(and so on) tells us why someone is doing something, making it sensitive, or important. -PH ]<br /><br />I noted the "So" as sensitive, or important. Is it, and would this be a "blue"?Lemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15905461861488930140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-50036243766348477312012-11-19T19:19:36.228-05:002012-11-19T19:19:36.228-05:00OT: It's been about a year since Michelle Par...OT: It's been about a year since Michelle Parker went missing. Remember, she went missing on the afternoon the suit concerning the return of her ring(?) was aired on court tv. <br /><br />Her former boyfriend Dale Smith, with whom she had two children, has been the only person of interest so far.<br /><br />Do you have any updates on your statement analysis of him, Peter? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7164794708270892518.post-45576244550692639022012-11-19T16:53:15.321-05:002012-11-19T16:53:15.321-05:00OT: This blog has supposedly been confirmed to bel...OT: This blog has supposedly been confirmed to belong to John McAfee. I haven't read through it all yet, but it might prove interesting for study.<br /><br />http://www.whoismcafee.com/Nicnoreply@blogger.com