Title Language crimes : the use and abuse of language evidence in the courtroom / Roger W. Shuy

Published Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, USA : Blackwell, 1993

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Description xxii, 208 pages ; 24 cm Series Language library Language library. Contents Introduction: New Directions -- 1. Misconceptions about Language in Law Cases -- 2. Bribery -- 3. Offering Bribes -- 4. Agreeing -- 5. Threatening -- 6. Admitting -- 7. Telling the Truth versus Perjury -- 8. Promising -- 9. Asking Questions -- 10. On Testifying Analysis Criminal law Evidence Notes Includes index Bibliography Index page204 Subject Audiotapes in court proceedings -- United States. Evidence, Criminal -- United States -- Language. Forensic linguistics -- United States. Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) LC no. 92017369 ISBN 0631186182 (hb : acid-free paper)

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