“I am a Gosple Woman”: On Language in the Courtroom Discourse during the Salem Witch Trials, with Special Reference to Female Examinees.

The article offers information on the examination records of five women from Salem, Massachusetts. It says that five women in focus are Tituba, Mary Warren, Martha Cory, Sarah Osburn, and Susannah Martin, among them, two confessed to witchcraft and survived, while three denied, were convicted hanged or died in prison. It focuses on the self-politeness strategies, verbosity, and the role of Puritan religion.