Description |
xvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Series |
Law, language and communication |
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Law, language and communication.
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Contents |
Introduction: language, power and control in courtroom discourse / Anne Wagner and Le Cheng -- Understanding courtroom communication through cultural scripts / Kim McCaul -- Witnesses on trial: address and referring terms in U.S. cases / Sarah Dettenwanger -- (False) confessions become compelling at trial / Gillian Grebler -- The role of metadiscourse in counsels' questions / Silvia Cavalieri -- Constructing legal narratives: client-lawyer's stories / Flora Di Donato -- Some uses of magical images in law / Christine A. Corcos -- The construction of admissions of fault through American rules of evidence: speech, silence, and significance in the legal creation of liability / Janet Ainsworth -- The construction of truth in legal decision-making / Petrina Schiavi -- Hidden penalties faced by non-english speakers in the UK criminal justice system: an interpreting perspective / Roxana Rycroft -- Language alternation in Kenyan and Malaysian courts / Richard Powell and Maya David -- Place of arbitration in online proceedings as a simulacrum / Joanna Jemielniak |
Summary |
This volume presents a combination of practical, empirical research data and theoretical reflection to provide a comparative view of language and discourse in the courtroom |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Conduct of court proceedings -- Language.
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Conduct of court proceedings -- Terminology.
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Conduct of court proceedings.
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Forensic oratory.
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Judicial process -- Language.
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Judicial process.
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Law -- Language.
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Law -- Methodology.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Semantics (Law)
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Semiotics (Law)
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Author |
Cheng, Le.
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Wagner, Anne, 1968-
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LC no. |
2010052226 |
ISBN |
1409423476 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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1409423484 (ebk.) |
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9781409423478 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781409423485 (ebk.) |
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