Realization of the Theme “Crime Disclosure” as a Manifestation of Institutionalism of American Investigation Discourse

Abstract

The article studies the realization of the theme “Crime Disclosure” in American investigation discourse on the material of the film series that model the cognitive-communicative interaction of the representatives of different investigation units. The research results in proving that the theme “Crime Disclosure”, being non-labile and manifesting the discourse institutionalism, is represented by the structure theme-topic. The number of topics belonging to this theme is insignificant as compared to those belonging to the theme “The Event of Crime”. The number of the theme “Crime Disclosure” realizations is also considerably smaller than the number of the theme “The Event of Crime” realizations.