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These language-based crimes are often articulated indirectly to afford the interlocutor\u2019s denial should such a need arise. This paper aims to comprehend the role played by language in bribery negotiations by exploring the actual utterances used by interlocutors involved in bribery negotiations and the linguistic features portrayed in these utterances. Informed by interview data (obtained from motorists) interpreted through the pragmatic act and speech act theories, the study reveals several indirect utterances such as \u2018I hear you cry but I do not see your tears\u2019,\u00a0 \u2018Put down,\u2019 \u2018Do a drink,\u2019 \u2018Ostrich feathers are the ones that can work in this situation,\u2019 \u2018make a strong tea\u2026\u2019 which are characterised by declarative and imperative statements, semantic shift and informal expressions. Indirect speech acts play a significant role as a resource used to veil unethical practices from being revealed in the courts of law. Therefore, it is recommended that the expertise of language specialists should be used in the courts of law to interpret language-related crimes such as bribery.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mampoi Irene Mabena (University of Johannesburg)<\/li>\n<li>Palesa Mabohlokoa Khotso Khanyetsi (University of the Free State, South Africa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>bribery, language, linguistic features, pragmatic act, indirect speech act<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: \u201cI Hear the Cry, but I Do Not See the Tears\u201d: Indirectness in Bribery&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2153,1301,1304,156,1302,1303],"class_list":["post-4958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-ajims","tag-bribery","tag-indirect-speech-act","tag-language","tag-linguistic-features","tag-pragmatic-act","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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