Help me study for my Linguistics class. I’m stuck and don’t understand.
DescriptionInstructionsRemember the tools we have for identifying stance:Linguistic resources: grammatical structures (modals, pre-modifying adverbs), semantic items ("value-laden words"), and codeswitchesParalinguistic features: laughter, intonation, stress, loudness, duration, pitch, and voice quality (#creaky#, $smiley$, breathy (hhh, .hhh))Embodied resources: gestures, facial expressions, body positions, gazeWith this in mind, your task is to IDENTIFY STANCE in the opening statement by Brett Kavanaugh, then a nominee for the Supreme Court (now a Justice), during his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.You may watch the whole thing, but I am asking you to focus on 16:39-29:55. This section is highlighted in grey in the attached (rough) transcript.