An Individuation Analysis of Psycho-correction Discourse

This chapter investigates how the offender is discursively corrected in psycho-correction discourse from the allocation and affiliation of individuation with linguistic evidences. The analysis in terms of allocation is carried out from two aspects. First, Specialization dimension in LCT and the Sydney School approach to genre are incorporated to explore the topological division and persona change of the offender in both psychological counseling macro-genre and legal counseling macro-genre.