Police Speak and Narrative Storytelling in Knives Out Movie Script  (A Forensic Linguistic Perspective)

Authors

  • Ratminto Dwiputra Anantatur Universitas Halu Oleo Author
  • Nur Afnita Asfar Universitas Warmadewa Author

Keywords:

Investigative Language, Narrative Storytelling, Policespeak.

Abstract

This research investigates about tragic murder case from Knives Out movie of Harlan Thrombey 
case, Harlan Thrombey was found dead horribly in his room by Fran. Fran was a servant in the Thrombey  Family, and the investigator immediately investigated the case where emphasized the outline of law, crime,  language and criminal cases in the field of forensic linguistics. This research aimed to describe Policespeak and  Narrative Storytelling in Knives Out Movie Script (A Forensic Linguistic Perspective). The method used by the  researcher was descriptive qualitative. The data source was taken from the movie script. The data were  collected then analyzed by interpreting and describing the data. The result showed that Harlan Thrombey found  died cause he was suicide, Harlan took the knife to kill himself however Harlan knew about which one will be  killed him by criminal, someone changed his morphine into overdoses and that was Ransom, his nephew. 

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Published

2025-09-09

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